Syrian Electronic Army Hacks TIME Magazine over Assad

Source : Ahlul Bayt News Agency

The SEA has tweeted from TIME’s official account, "Syrian Electronic Army was here via @Official_SEA16. Next time write a better word about the Syrian president #SEA."That tweet was soon deleted, RT reported.The group referred to TIME’s list of people – politicians and celebrities – selected as potential winners for "Person of the Year," the magazine’s annual award.The voting closes on December, 4, with TIME's Person of the Year to be announced on December 11.The SEA also claimed interfering with the vote on the US magazine’s webpage.TIME is not the first target of the hacktivist group. The SEA, a group of hackers sympathetic to the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, also claimed responsibility for cyber-attacks on The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post and Thomson Reuters.In April, they also compromised the main Twitter account for the Associated Press. As a result of the online attack, the Associated Press falsely reported that US President Obama had been injured in a surprise attack on the White House, causing a brief panic online and even causing the stock market to fall by over 150 points.The SEA also defaced a US Marine Corps recruitment website on September 2, posting images of US soldiers holding messages of contempt regarding possible American involvement in Syria.Following that attack, the Federal Bureau of Investigation added the SEA to its list of wanted criminals.

Syrian opposition figures call for political solution according to Assad's vision

Source : Xinhua | English.news.cn

DAMASCUS, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- A number of opposition figures and government loyalists declared Saturday the formation of the National Current to Salvage Syria, calling in their first statement for adopting the political vision of President Bashar al- Assad as an important step toward a political solution for Syria's long-standing crisis.

In a press conference held Saturday in the capital Damascus, Sattam al-Dandal, a member of the new current, read out the founding statement in which he stressed belief in a democratic, secular and civil state.

"Our aim is for Syria to remain united. We believe in national dialogue between the Syrians on a Syrian soil as the sole way to get rid of the crisis," the statement said.

However, the new current did not hide their suspicions about the broad-based opposition groups, calling for following all of their statements and revealing their relations with "the al-Qaida groups" on the ground. The statement also called for fighting foreign intervention in Syria "that runs counter to the Syrian sovereignty."

Many opposition currents and parties have been formed over the past year inside Syria after the issuance of the multi-party law by Assad. However, the Syria-based opposition groups are being considered by the exiled opposition as "government-friendly."

On contrary, the exiled opposition repeatedly calls for ousting the government by all means possible. Even their recent gestures for dialogue were based on the condition that the result of any dialogue must lead to the departure of Assad