What War In Syria Looks Like

Smokes rises after an explosion was heard near the Palace of Justice in central Damascus June 28, 2012. CNN

What War In Syria Looks Like: Journalist Killings, Deadlier IEDs -- Christian Science Monitor

Whatever restraint that was being exercised by the parties to Syria's civil war appears to have been cast aside.

Events in Syria are rapidly unraveling. Earlier today President Bashar al-Assad abandoned his claims that the regime was merely fighting terrorists sent by foreign powers to destabilize Syria and said the country is in a "real state of war." Today some of the war's heaviest fighting near Damascus took place and a pro-Assad television station about 12 miles south of the capital was overrun by rebels, who killed employees there.

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My Comment: I follow the Syrian civil war from about 25 blogs/news organizations. The flood of information and news on battles, casualties, attacks, refugees, videos, atrocities being reported, etc., that I am receiving is equal (if not surpassing) what I received during the height of the Libyan revolution, or even during the height of Iraq`s civil and sectarian war in 2005-2007. This is a true all-out conflict that is involving .... or soon will involve .... everyone who is Syrian .... whether inside the country or outside.

To accomodate this flood of news and information, starting tomorrow this blog will be posting a regular "Syrian Civil War News Update" report at 13:00 EST.