July 11, 2013
5:56 pm

Syrian President Bashar Assad during an interview broadcast on al-Manar television on Thursday, May 30, 2013. (photo credit: AP/al-Manar television)

Assad applauds fall of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood

Embattled Syrian leader accuses Morsi’s ousted party and other Islamist groups of using religion ‘as a mask’

By Albert Aji

June 17, 2013
2:28 pm

Damaged buildings during battles between the rebels and the Syrian government forces, in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, June 13, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

Car bomb kills 20 in Syria

Upscale Damascus neighborhood that is home to military airport and several embassies is target of latest rebel attack

June 13, 2013
9:38 pm

An employee at "Damashki" (or "The Guy From Damascus") bakery co-owned by Bassel Shunar, a Palestinian by origin who was born in Syria but who fled the country and arrived in the Gaza Strip two months ago. (photo credit: AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Gaza suffers drop in foreign aid over Syrian war

Hamas officials say Iran has reduced monthly cash transfers, and aid to charities is being diverted to Syrian issues

By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh

June 8, 2013
2:28 am

Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi delivering a Friday sermon on September 14, 2012. (screen capture: MEMRI)

Hezbollah entry in Syrian conflict fans Shiite-Sunni fires

Sunni leaders call on the faithful to embark on jihad against Muslim rivals in Syria, threatening regional conflict

By Lee Keath

May 27, 2013
12:56 pm

A man looks at a part of a rocket, seen on the ground, after rockets slammed into two Beirut neighborhoods that are strongholds of Lebanon's Hezbollah group, Sunday May 26, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Ahmad Omar)

Lebanese neighbors fight Syrian proxy war

Sunni and Shiite groups battle it out in Tripoli, in a reflection of the brutal civil strife raging across the border

By Karin Laub

May 25, 2013
9:11 am

Illustrative photo of an oilfield under control of Kurdish militias near the town of Deriq, in a Kurdish area of Syria, near the border with Iraq (photo credit: AP/Manu Brabo)

Assad’s not-so-secret weapon: loyal Syrian businessmen

From the web WSJ: A critical reason for the regime’s resilience is a close circle of financiers who help Damascus with oil contracts and supply transport

By Sam Dagher

May 19, 2013
2:28 pm

Shelling in Syria kills at least 16, activists say

Rebel-held Qusair, near the Lebanon border, is the target of a new government offensive

By Jamal Halaby

May 14, 2013
11:13 pm

A Lebanese army soldier passes in front of Syrian flag, in the predominantly Alawite neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Bilal Hussein)

Attacks against Lebanese Alawites deepen fears

Specter of Syrian civil war spilling into Lebanon rises as wave of violence against Assad’s sect crashes over northern town

By Bassem Mroue

May 4, 2013
11:08 am

Syrian army soldiers, seen in the background, standing in front of dead bodies at Bayda village, in the mountains outside the coastal city of Banias, Syria, in May (photo credit: AP/The Syrian Revolution against Bashar Assad)

Hundreds flee Syrian city after reported massacre

Carnage, raids by Assad troops in Sunni neighborhood in Banias prompt families to leave Alawite area

May 4, 2013
9:20 am

A Syrian man (center), identifies dead bodies who were killed, according to activists, by Syrian forces loyal to Bashar Assad, in Bayda, outside the coastal city of Banias, Syria, on May 2, 2013. (photo credit: AP/The Syrian Revolution Against Bashar Assad)

‘Images of Sabra and Shatila in Syria’

From the web Lebanon’s Daily Star says scene in Sunni town where at least 50 were killed by regime troops reminiscent of famous 1982 Lebanon massacre

May 3, 2013
6:24 pm

Syrian opposition: Gov’t troops killed 50 villagers

Forces loyal to Assad regime accused of committing ‘large-scale massacre’ in Sunni town near Mediterranean coast

May 3, 2013
12:42 am

Activists report massacre in Syrian village

As many as 100 people said killed by army, pro-Assad gunmen near Mediterranean coast

By RYAN LUCAS

April 23, 2013
4:07 pm

Syrian rockets hit Lebanon as tensions ramp up

Latest volley slams into construction site hours after leading Lebanese Sunni clerics call for jihad in Syria

April 23, 2013
6:55 am

Damascus, Syria, March 22, 2012 (photo credit:AP/Muzaffar Salman)

Assad’s forces focusing on Damascus, coastal cities

With money and equipment from the West reaching rebels, regime fortifies strategic locations

By Bryan Schwartzman

April 19, 2013
10:01 pm

Anti Syrian regime protesters chanting slogans and waving the Syrian revolutionary flag during a demonstration, in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, April 19, 2013.(AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)

Fierce battles in Syria; US to raise aid to rebels

Topic: Alawites