Syrian Observatory

The fine investigative reporter, Hasan `Illayq, of Al-Akhbar, made a good point about the Syrian observatory.  He said that the Syrian Observatory often releases a statement saying that there was a clash between Syrian Army and Free Syrian Army and that they add that so many Syrian civilians were killed.  They never admit that the Free Syrian Army ever loses men because they want to maintain that all victims of Syrian regime gunfire are civilians, just as the Free Syrian Army (like the Syrian army) never admits killing civilians.