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Syrian President Bashar Assad during an interview broadcast on al-Manar television on Thursday, May 30, 2013. (photo credit: AP/al-Manar television)
February 2, 2014, 6:26 am
Assad said to be hoarding chemical weapons
Syrian leader squirreling away advanced arms in the Alawite regions in case country partitioned, UK report says
By TOI staff
In this Monday, Jan. 6, 2014 citizen journalism image, Syrians hold copies of the Quran during a demonstration to stop fighting between the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and rebels, in Aleppo, Syria (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center)
January 10, 2014, 7:20 pm
Who’s boss in Damascus, Tunis?
Syria's bloody divisions sharpen, while the resignation of Tunisia's Islamist PM offers hope of a march to democracy
By Elhanan Miller
Lebanese Army soldiers at the site of a car bomb explosion outside the Salam Mosque, in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on August 24, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Bilal Hussein)
December 20, 2013, 10:55 am
Lebanese Army on high alert at border with Syria
Troops receive intelligence tip on rebel movements; Human Rights Watch urges Beirut to rein in rising sectarian tensions
By AP and TOI staff
A Free Syrian Army fighter firing an AK-47 during a battle against the Syrian army loyal to Bashar Assad, in Aleppo, Syria, in November 2013. (Photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)
December 16, 2013, 1:38 am
Death toll in Aleppo air raid rises to 37
In separate incident, al-Qaeda-linked rebel group attack on town of Adra kills 32
By RYAN LUCAS
November 30, 2013, 1:29 pm
Clashes in northern Lebanon over Syrian war kill 2
Guard of Sunni mosque killed, along with 16-year-old youth; heavy gunfire leaves children trapped in classrooms in 3 schools
By Diaa Hadid
Mother Superior Agnes-Mariam Of The Cross walks with people fleeing the rebel held suburb of Moadamiyeh to the government held territory in Damascus, Syria, Oct. 29, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Dusan Vranic)
November 27, 2013, 9:41 pm
Pro-Assad Palestinian nun emerges as power broker in Syria
Mother Superior Agnes-Mariam, derided by rebels for doubting claims of chemical attack, has been instrumental in bargaining for truces
By Diaa Hadid
Lebanese released hostage Wissam Khatib outside his pharmacy, in Zahleh town, in the Bekaa valley, east Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013 (photo credit: AP)
November 13, 2013, 1:01 am
Syria war leads to rise of kidnappings in Lebanon
Hostage-taking of wealthy businessmen has increased as drug smuggling has withered
By Diaa Hadid
In this photograph taken on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, women stand during a service in an Armenian Orthodox church in Damascus, Syria (photo credit: AP/Dusan Vranic)
November 4, 2013, 11:49 pm
Social media highlights plight of Syrian Christians
Disturbing footage of attacks goes viral on Facebook, as opposition leader denies deliberate targeting
By Elhanan Miller
The mother of a Syrian rebel cleaning a rifle, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)
October 5, 2013, 11:59 pm
Agreement ends shelling of Syrian village
Rebels surrender to regime forces in exchange for promise to be freed after repenting
By Bassem Mroue
Iranian President Hasan Rouhani, right, meets with French President Francois Hollande during the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Craig Ruttle)
September 25, 2013, 3:53 pm
Arabs skeptical of West-Iran rapprochement
With news focusing on Obama's speech, Hasan Rouhani's overtures towards the West fail to impress Arab columnists
By Elhanan Miller
An illustrative photo of a Turkish military station. (photo credit: AP)
September 19, 2013, 1:28 pm
Turkey closes border with Syria amid ‘confusion’
Oncupinar gate shut for 'security reasons' as al-Qaeda captures frontier town; meanwhile, explosion kills 19 in Alawite town
By AP and TOI staff
September 16, 2013, 8:39 pm
Al-Qaeda-linked rebels claim Syrian sectarian killings
Jabhat al-Nusra claims responsibility for the killing at least 30 Alawites during village raids last week
By AP
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)
September 13, 2013, 11:17 am
Human rights group: Assad’s men executed hundreds
Human Rights Watch accuses Syrian government of mass murder of more than 248 Sunni Muslims in coastal towns in May
By AP and TOI staff
Syrian President Bashar Assad (photo credit: AP/CBS)
September 12, 2013, 12:58 pm
West confounded by lack of alternatives to Assad
As the US and allies struggle to formulate a strategy, the prognosis for a postwar Syria might be just as bleak as its present
By Karin Laub
A Syrian army soldier fires a heavy machine gun during clashes with rebels in the village of Maaloula, northeast of Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, September 7, 2013. (photo credit: AP/SANA)
September 8, 2013, 11:20 pm
Syrian rebels seize control of Christian village
Al-Qaeda-linked fighters overrun town that is home to two of the oldest surviving monasteries in Syria; hundreds of residents flee
By Jamal Halaby
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