May 3, 2013
6:24 pm

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)

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

18 people killed Friday near the Lebanese border; gunmen shot a government official Thursday in Damascus

March 31, 2013
3:55 pm

Devices that appear to be like rocks found in Syria's coastal region, northwest of Damascus. (photo credit: AP/SANA)

‘Israel tracked Russian navy in Syria’

Israeli naval commandos planted spy camera near Tartus to monitor Russian naval movements, UK paper says

By Times of Israel staff and AP

March 24, 2013
3:16 pm

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati announces his resignation at the government palace, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 22, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)

With Lebanese PM’s resignation, a blow to Sunnis

Syrian Alawite leaders meet in Cairo to discuss post-Assad Syria

By Elhanan Miller

March 24, 2013
1:52 am

Fierce clashes in Tripoli as Lebanon teeters

Army entering town after heavy battles between pro- and anti-Assad fighters, day after prime minister brings down government

By Joshua Davidovich and AP

March 23, 2013
9:31 am

Syrian citizens stand on the rubble of houses that were destroyed by government airstrikes in Aleppo, Syria, earlier this month (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center)

Fearing stark future, Syrian Alawites meet in Cairo

From the web Reuters: Summit is first meeting of opposition figures comprised of Assad’s minority Shiite sect

March 8, 2013
12:17 am

In this Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 photo, Syrian citizens walk in front of a church that was shelled by mortars, at the Christian village of Judeida, in Idlib province, Syria (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)

Civil war leaves Syrian minorities with no clear options

As Assad’s regime battles a rebellion, the old order that governed relations between the country’s myriad sects and ethnicities is fraying

By Steve Negus

March 4, 2013
11:21 pm

In this Sunday March 3, 2013 image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian rebel fighters displays an epaulette from a government soldier during a tour of the police academy complex in Khan al-Asal, in the province of Aleppo, Syria. (photo credit: AP/Shaam News Network via AP video)

48 Syrian soldiers killed in al-Qaeda ambush in Iraq

Presence of troops across the border raises fears that Syrian civil war could further spread across the region

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra

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

Topic: Alawites