Daily Alert - July 25, 2011

Prepared for the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations  by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
View this page atwww.dailyalert.org Subscribe Via Smartphone		DAILY ALERTNews Resources - North America, Europe, and Asia: Protests' Size Shows Gain in Momentum Across Syria - Nada Bakri Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets on Friday across Syria, with enormous protests in two of the country's five largest cities suggesting a growing momentum that the government of President Bashar al-Assad seemed at a loss to stanch. (New York Times)     See also Syria Protesters Attack Homs Army College - Adrian Blomfield Syrian opposition sympathizers in Homs attacked a military college on Saturday. Later in the day, a passenger train was derailed in central Syria. The train, which was carrying troops and civilians, crashed after a section of track was torn up, killing the driver and injuring a number of passengers. (Telegraph-UK)     See also Was Friday a Turning Point for Syria? - James Miller In Syria, July 22 may be remembered as a turning point. There were massive demonstrations in every major region and in every major city in the country. At least 11 people died, in the latest chapter of the Arab Spring. On Friday, a video posted on the Internet shows that military cadets joined the protesters in Aleppo, the second largest city in Syria. How can the Assad regime possibly expect to survive this level of democratic upheaval? (Huffington Post) Read more: www.dailyalert.org	Monday, July 25, 2011