The whistle-blowing group is to publish more than two million emails that will 'embarrass' Syria, but also Western nations that are dealing with the oppressive Assad regime. Read this blog post by Zack Whittaker on Politics and Law.
 
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Annan laments that his six-point cease-fire plan had not been implemented and said the time has come for the international community to do more...
The international envoy charged with bringing peace to Syria is warning world powers they could soon have more blood on their hands. Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan spoke to Security Council members in Geneva Saturday as activists said that Syrian government troops had retaken control of a suburb of Damascus, leaving dozens dead. Annan lamented that his six-point cease-fire plan had not been implemented and said the time has come for the international community to do more. If not, he said the mounting death toll "will be the consequence of not only the acts of killers on the ground but also your inability to bridge the divisions between you." The talks, including representatives from the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and envoys from Arab countries, are aimed at salvaging Annan's peace plan and finding a political solution to the crisis.
The six points of a proposal that international envoy Kofi Annan has given to Syria's President Bashar Assad to end the yearlong conflict, as outlined in the presidential statement adopted by the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday:
Syria cartoonist Ali Ferzat paid the price of mocking the government with satirical drawings, the BBC's Sebastian Usher reports.
CAIRO (Reuters) - - Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it was withdrawing its observers from Syria after an Arab monitoring mission failed to end 10 months of bloodshed, and called on the international community to exert "all possible pressure" on Damascus.
Exclusive: Command centre in Turkey organising weapon supply to opposition...
