Conflict continues deepens as gruesome Syria violence rages and dictator fails to snuff rebellion

Syria truce hopes dim as violence rages

AFP – Violence raged across war-torn Syria on Tuesday, a watchdog said, dimming hopes of a ceasefire for this week’s Muslim Eid al-Adha as proposed by UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. “Neither the rebels nor the regime appear to want a ceasefire, and the daily death toll continues to exceed 100”

Syria steps up cluster bomb attacks, says rights group

Human Rights Watch accused Syria on Tuesday of stepping up its use of internationally banned cluster bombs despite assertions by Damascus that it is not deploying the munitions at all. A report by the New York-based watchdog said data “shows an important increase in the use of cluster bombs. | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles