Twittern(function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type = ‘text/javascript’; po.async = true; po.src = ‘https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();SMN No. 15, March 15, 2011 A demonstration of around 200 people demanding the fall of the Syrian regime was brutally put down in Damascus today. The protestors, who gathered in the central district [...]

Twittern(function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type = ‘text/javascript’; po.async = true; po.src = ‘https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })(); SMN No. 15, March 15, 2011 A new YouTube video tells the story of Syrian detainee Fares Murad, who spent 29 years in prison on charges of belonging to the Arab Communist Organisation. [...]