Egyptians have returned to Tahrir Square to protest President Morsi’s constitutional decree granting him extraordinary power.
Israel’s Operation Pillar of Cloud refers to Exodus, in which the Israeli army was protected from approaching Egyptian forces by a pillar of cloud that separated them “so neither went near the other all night long.” Two days ago, one of Israel’s Deputy Prime Ministers said “The goal of the operation is to send Gaza back to the Middle Ages.” Here, in Gaza City, pillars of cloud are erected by F-16s.
Syrian rebels are still resisting Assad’s forces. V for victory.
In Focus: Destruction Comes to Aleppo
Warfare and chaos have come to the ancient streets of Aleppo, Syria’s largest city. Rebel groups battling Syrian government forces moved into the metropolis in recent weeks, in an effort to liberate it from the control of Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad. Fierce street battles and air attacks followed, leaving behind a shattered city, strewn with charred rubble and bodies in many places. An estimated 30,000 Syrians have already been killed in the past 18 months of civil war, and as many as 700,000 will have fled the country by the end of 2012, according to the United Nations.
See more. [Images: AP, Reuters]
A peaceful demonstration from Benghazi, the Libyan city where a U.S. ambassador was killed in a consulate attack Tuesday.
Source: BuzzFeed
Page 1 of 2
This is a web log I do. E-mail it to your friends.
