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February 27, 2013
4:04 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, is accompanied by France's President Francois Hollande after their meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, on Wednesday, February 27, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Francois Mori)

US wants to help rebels oust Assad, Kerry says

Washington examining measures to ‘accelerate the political transition that the Syrian people want’; Iraqi PM warns of regional chaos if Damascus falls

February 11, 2013
9:48 am

A Free Syrian Army fighter sits behind an anti-aircraft weapon in Aleppo, Syria (photo credit: AP/Abdullah al-Yassin)

Iran reportedly setting up loyal militias in Syria

Islamic Republic said to be preparing for a post-Assad era even as it supports the Syrian government in the civil war

By Gabe Fisher

December 14, 2012
11:21 pm

Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, stands next to Syrian Defense Minister Gen. Dawoud Rajha, right, and Chief of Staff Gen. Fahed al-Jasem el-Freij, left, during a ceremony to mark the 38th anniversary of the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war, in Damascus, Syria, last year (photo credit: AP Photo/SANA)

As Syrian rebels close in, Assad still has cards to play

Slow-moving diplomatic process, sectarian loyalty, superior firepower, regional turmoil and chemical weapons help keep dictator in power

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy

December 5, 2012
4:18 pm

Illustrative photo of Lebanese Army soldiers patrolling during October clashes between supporters and opponents of the Syrian regime, in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli (photo credit: AP/Bilal Hussein)

Sides in Lebanese sectarian clashes mirror Syrian factions

In latest flare-up, at least five killed and over 45 wounded in two days of fighting in Tripoli

December 1, 2012
3:13 am

Syrian children look through their car window as they cross into Lebanon with their families at the border crossing, in Masnaa, eastern Lebanon, on Friday. (photo credit: AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

War rips apart families, neighbors in Syria

Brothers find themselves fighting on opposite sides of the bloody civil war

By Zeina Karam

October 23, 2012
2:12 pm

Lebanese Army soldiers remove garbage containers used as a roadblock after overnight clashes between Sunni and Shiite gunmen in Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday, October 22, 2012 (photo credit: AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)

Calm returns to Lebanon as troops deploy

Beiruit streets quiet two days after funeral of slain general

By Bassem Mroue

October 8, 2012
5:47 pm

Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa (photo credit: screen capture, YouTube)

Days of Ottoman Empire are gone, Syria warns Turkey

Syrian information minister calls Ankara’s suggestion to replace Assad with his vice president a ‘flagrant gaffe’

By Times of Israel staff and AP

October 7, 2012
2:00 pm

Turkish FM suggests Syria’s vice president could replace Assad

Rebels seize military outpost near Syria-Turkey border

By Philip Podolsky and AP

October 5, 2012
8:24 pm

A statue commemorating the Druze uprising against French colonialism in the 1920s stands at the middle of Majdal Shams. In August, when this photgraph was taken, a Syrian flag was flying from the sword of Sultan Al-Atrash (photo credit: Elhanan Miller/Times of Israel photo)

With Syria ablaze, dozens of Golan Heights Druze seek Israeli citizenship

Long loyal to Damascus, many young Druze now consider their best option is to become Israeli

By Ilan Ben Zion

September 30, 2012
11:32 am

A Free Syrian Army Soldier takes his position in Aleppo, September 24 (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)

Retrieving Golan a key priority for Syrians, says Islamist preacher who fled Assad

To prevail over Damascus, rebels need more weapons, says Youssef Zoabi, who took refuge in Jordan last year. ‘Once we’ve won, we want an Islamist regime’

By Elhanan Miller

September 29, 2012
12:26 am

A Free Syrian Army soldier after firing a recoilless rifle during clashes with Syrian government forces in the village of Mukhtariya in the suburbs of Homs, Syria. (photo credit: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights via AP video)

Free Syrian Army fighters aren’t extremists or ‘al-Qaeda types,’ group’s DC fundraiser insists

Representative says the Syrian opposition is committed to a multi-ethnic, democratic future after Assad

By Michal Shmulovich

September 18, 2012
7:13 pm

Assad’s sister defects amid ‘disputes’ between ruling Alawites

From the web Al-Arabiya: Bushra Assad reportedly fled Syria with her children fearing attacks from her brother’s political opponents

September 5, 2012
2:33 pm

A Free Syrian Army fighter in Aleppo, September 1 (photo credit: AP)

Syrian opposition forces come under new command

Assad is calling up the reserves and Yemen receives billions in foreign aid