UN observers have found another 13 bound corpses in eastern Syria, many of them seemingly shot execution- style, said the monitoring mission.

Every few years the dark side of humanity reminds us of how bestial, how savage we can be when we put aside all the constraints of civilised behaviour.

FRENCH president Nicolas Sarkozy demanded Syria’s Bashar al-Assad step down for overseeing “disgusting” massacres against his own people, as an Arab observer mission came in for more criticism.

THE lethal attacks on the people of Syria by President Bashar al-Assad are outrageous, but al-Assad and his family have repeatedly shown that they care as much for international opinion as they care for the lives of those who oppose them.

SYRIAN president Bashar al-Assad pledged reforms within months to address a wave of protests against his rule, but blamed saboteurs for the unrest and warned that no deal could be reached with gunmen.

A new report released today by Amnesty International sets out what it says is further evidence that eastern European countries might have been involved in secret CIA flights transporting terror suspects to clandestine prisons.