Friday, April 19, 2013 at 6:37 | Scott Lucas in EA Live, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran 1315 GMT: Protest Watch
Protesters in Kafranbel in Idlib Province have expressed condolences to the victims of Monday's bombings of the Boston Marathon:
Monday, March 11, 2013 at 7:47 | James Miller in EA Live, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran 2020 GMT: Rebels Take Series of Bases Southwest of Damascus. Since Friday, rebels have overwhelmed and captured several regime bases southwest of Damascus on the road to Daraa province. Confirming the specific locations has been hard to do, but we know that the bases are in the Kiswah area (map), and to the south of this suburb as well.
We've heard from some sources that some of the Surface-to-Air missiles sites in the area were decommissioned. However, videos from the base of the 137th regiment appear to show fully-functional missiles there (hat tip to Brown Moses for sending us this Youtube channel):
Al Jazeera English reports on the effect of US sanctions on Iranian air travel
2115 GMT: Foreign Affairs Watch (Syrian Front). Former President Hashemi Rafsanjani has reportedly predicted that Syrian President Assad will leave or be forced from power.
