Utländska medborgare dödade:
Förutom svenskarna så har 3 australienare också dödats senaste veckan.
http://m.smh.com.au/national/third-australian-killed-in-syria-in-past-two-weeks-20141108-11j2ym.html
1 timme sedan.
Framgångar för Nusra:
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian insurgents including fighters from Nusra Front, a wing of al Qaeda, seized a key city and other areas of Syria's southwestern Deraa province on Sunday after five days of fierce battles, fighters in the area told Reuters.
A source close to government forces
confirmed the advance and said the army had pulled out of Nawa city.
Golanhöjderna nära Israel:
The capture of Nawa and surrounding areas will help the insurgents consolidate control of territory stretching to near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
Syriska armén har flytt och lämnat efter sig tunga vapen och fordon:
"Some of the (government) soldiers escaped at night, the rest escaped today," one insurgent who declined to be named told Reuters. "They left their heavy weapons and their military vehicles behind."
Fler områden är tagna av miliser och en militär högkvarter:
The insurgents also seized the surrounding areas of Sheikh al-Maskin, Tal Hauran and a military headquarters known as the 122 Brigade in the major offensive, the sources said.
http://news.yahoo.com/insurgents-seize-strategic-city-southwest-syria-army-165705241.html
Under krigets gång i norra Syrien så träder det in nya lagar och egna regler utan Damaskus av den självutnämnda Kurdiska Autonomin som inte är erkänt av Damaskus sedan 2013:
The local government in a majority Kurdish area of Syria has passed a decree granting women equal rights in what a monitoring group called "an affront" to discriminatory jihadist moves.
Published on the local government's official Facebook page on Wednesday, the decree states that women and men should enjoy "equality... in all walks of public and private life".
Arbetsrätt & lika lön:
The decree, passed by the leaders of the Al-Jazira canton -- officially Hasakeh province -- stipulates that women have the right to equal labour rights, including pay.
Giftermål:
Women must be 18 years old to marry, and they are cannot be married off without their consent.
Polygami:
"Polygamy is forbidden," the decree states, adding that women have the same right to bear witness in court as men, and that they have full inheritance rights.
Våld & diskriminering:
The decree bans so-called "honour killings" and "violence and discrimination" against women and says women must get paid maternity leave for their first three children.
According to the Britain-based Observatory, the decree is an "affront to laws being passed by the Islamic State (IS), which are highly discriminatory against women".
Ett stort steg för regionen:
Kurdish decree "a major step for the region, whose tribal society has long been ruled by conservative social mores."
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Nov-09/277016-syrian-kurds-give-women-equal-rights-snubbing-jihadists.ashx#ixzz3IbJegrvt