markets hate uncertainty

the devils we know ~ crises toppling governments ~ are swept off the stage

not for much longer

syria today ~ assad's impunity is ~ still the status quo

when comes our turn ?

syria screams out ~ chanting "assad will be next" ~ death be to tyrants

hell on earth

ethnic, religious ~ fighting to the bitter end ~ something has to give

to the bitter end

syria lingers ~ relentless, bloody crackdown ~ revolution stalls

stop these madmen

snipers killing kids ~ assad government failing ~ 'unacceptable'

saudia arabia & bahrain

syria's neighbors ~ recalling ambassadors ~ sustained violence

blood and tears in syria

crackdowns have failed ~ assad announces 'reforms' ~ too little too late

arab summer continues

revolution is ~ art of the impossible ~ we find our own truth

arab summer continues

shouting in the dark ~ end game or new beginning? ~ avenge bin laden

free enough to sing

"come on bashar, leave!" ~ they ripped out his vocal cords  ~ now we all sing it

they did what we could not do

this generation ~ knows what citizenship means ~ there's no going back

for the monment …

now a FREE city ~ governor of HAMA sacked ~ massacre prelude

freedom of speech (sic)

artist ai weiwei ~ "i'd rather die than give in" ~ set free, but silenced

price we pay

our blood is flowing ~ we are paying a high price ~ but we are winning

opportunity for new greatness

prove yourself turkey ~ refugees by the thousands ~ need help and comfort

yet more refugees

not safe to stay here ~ must escape while we still can ~ fleeing to turkey

resourcefulness in hell

yesterday's assault ~ children gather the spent shells ~ recycle metals

not safe to stay here

bashar al-assad ~ what could possibly go wrong? ~ more blood in the streets

repression machine

in syria, an ~ increasingly familiar ~ sequence of events