Syrien

[Shahab3]

Es scheint sich um konzentrierte Offensiven der Rebellen zu handeln. Und dafür mussten sie auch einige Gebiete schlicht und ergreifend aufgegeben. Die klassische "Hochburg" Homs zum Beispiel ist, bis auf die Altstadt, wieder unter vollständiger Kontrolle der Armee. Die Syrische Armee wiederum hat ihrerseits einige Gebiete ganz bewusst aufgeben müssen. Möglicherweise zeichnet sich ja bereits eine zukünftige neue inner-syrische Grenzziehung ab. Wenig erfreulich ist, dass in dieser Woche zwei schiitische Moscheen von religiösen Fanatikern gesprengt wurden.

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Syrian rebels set to execute Ukrainian journalist
Published: 13 December, 2012, 06:03

NGOs are urging Syrian rebels to release a Ukrainian journalist, Anhar Kochneva, who is set to be executed Thursday. Meanwhile the group behind the kidnapping warned it would now target all Russians, Ukrainians and Iranians on Syrian soil.
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Kochneva, who has reported critically about the Syrian rebels for Russian and Ukrainian news outlets, was captured in the beginning of October near the restive city of Homs. The kidnappers, allegedly members of the Free Syrian Army, threatened to kill her on December 13 if a US$ 50 million ransom is not paid.
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“We urge not to let a single Russian, Ukrainian or Iranian alive out of Syria,” the rebels said in the video, aired by Ukrainian news channel Ukraina.
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Foreign Ministry: Ukraine taking measures to free journalist Kochneva in Syria
Dec. 13, 2012, 9:19 a.m. | Ukraine — by Interfax-Ukraine
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"Ukraine again expresses its deep concern over the situation around Anhar Kochneva who is illegally held in Syria by a group, which calls itself a division of the Free Syrian Army. The Ukrainian side is taking all measures to release the Ukrainian woman both at the state level, including in cooperation with its international partners, and with the involvement of public and religious organizations," the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry said: "Ukraine warns individuals and groups who are holding Kochneva that if they use the methods of physical or other influence against her, which hurt her health or life, an inevitable consequence for all those involved in such actions will be their full responsibility for committing this crime."
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