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August 22, 2012
12:58 pm

Death toll from Lebanon fighting climbs to 10

From the web Reuters: Sectarian violence between Sunni and Alawite factions rocks Tripoli neighborhoods

August 9, 2012
7:20 pm

Free Syrian Army soldiers seen during clashes with government forces in the southwest district of Salah al-Din in Aleppo, Syria last week. The fighting in Aleppo, Syria's largest city, has raged for more than 2 weeks. (photo credit: Alberto Prieto/AP)

Clashes rage in rebel bastions of Syria’s Aleppo

Iran accuses rebels of using civilians as ‘human shields,’ rejects foreign military intervention

By Zeina Karam

August 7, 2012
11:32 pm

King Abdullah II of Jordan talking with Charlie Rose on CBS. (photo credit: Image capture from CBS)

Assad may create Alawite enclave if Syria solution not found, Jordanian king warns

Abdullah II tells CBS that move, a worst case scenario, would set off a ‘sectarian land grab’

By Ilan Ben Zion

August 6, 2012
12:11 pm

Syria’s merciless history

‘The Syrian Rebellion,’ by Fouad Ajami, is an unflinching book that doesn’t offer much hope

By Martin Peretz

August 5, 2012
1:59 pm

A Syrian rebel detains a man at an improvised checkpoint in a suburb of Damascus August 2 (photo credit: AP)

Who were the Iranians abducted in Damascus?

One Arab editor refuses to believe they were just innocent pilgrims

By Elhanan Miller

July 31, 2012
10:45 am

This citizen journalism image purports to show damage from heavy shelling of a district in Damascus, Syria on July 23. Iraqi refugees who sought refuge in Syria are now fleeing the violence and heading back to Iraq (photo credit: AP/Shaam News Network)

Iraqi refugees flee Syria to avoid sectarian revenge

At least 12,680 people stream back to their homeland, escaping civil war and attacks on Shiites

By Lara Jakes

July 21, 2012
10:13 am

Islamic fighters flocking to Syria

From the web With funding from private organizations in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait, many jihadists view Shiite Islam as the real enemy, reports The Globe and Mail

July 18, 2012
2:29 pm

Mofaz speaking to reporters Tuesday. (photo credit: Flash90)

That’s the way the coalition crumbles

The press picks through the pieces of the failed unity government, and reports of atrocities filter in from Syria

By Ilan Ben Zion

July 7, 2012
12:27 am

This photo from 1974 shows then Syrian president Hafez Assad (right) and war minister, and father of Manaf Tlas, Gen. Mustafa Tlas (center) taking part in ceremonies in Damascus honoring the Syrian dead on the first anniversary of the the 1973 Yom Kippur War with Israel. (photo credit: AP photo/File)

General’s defection to France signals crumbling support for Assad from Syria’s elite

Manaf Tlas, from a prominent Sunni family, had not spoken with Syrian president for 3 months

By Zeina Karam

July 6, 2012
6:40 pm

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton waves as she arrives for a meeting of the Action Group for Syria at the European headquarters of the United Nations in June. (photo credit: AP)

Clinton hails defection of Syrian military official, a longtime Assad aide and confidant

Citing an increasing stream of senior Syrian military defectors, secretary says regime insiders are ‘starting to vote with their feet’

By AP and Times of Israel staff

June 11, 2012
1:24 pm

An Egyptian protester prepares to hang an effigy representing Hosni Mubarak at Tahrir Square last Friday (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)

Syrian opposition names new leader, Iraq fails to depose old one

Ahmad Shafiq accuses Muslim Brotherhood of using mosques to incite against him

By Elhanan Miller

June 11, 2012
5:24 am

Syrians chant slogans during an opposition demonstration in Homs, Syria. The opposition is becoming increasingly divided over policies. (photo credit: AP)

Assad’s response to Syria unrest leaves his own sect divided

From the web New York Times: Some Alawites advocate a heavier hand against rebels, while others say a civil war with Sunni Muslims is brewing

May 26, 2012
2:03 am

This image shows a wounded child being evacuated in Aleppo, Syria in May-- on a day in which some 50 civilians, including 13 children, were killed. (photo credit: AP/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Activists: Assad’s forces kill at least 50 civilians, including 13 children

Five killed in Aleppo, an economic hub that has been relatively supportive of Assad, after 10,000 take to the streets

April 12, 2012
5:13 am

The Turkish city of İskenderun, also known as Alexandretta, in Hatay Province. (photo credit: CC BY-SA Brian Harrington Spier, Flickr)

In Syria’s former province in Turkey, Assad finds backing

From the web The World reports that Christians and Alevis in Turkish province of Hatay fear fall of Syrian dictator

April 12, 2012
2:52 am

An anti-Assad rally at Jerusalem's Damascus Gate in February. (photo credit:Sliman Khader/Flash90)

Despite chaos at home, Assad finds time to ‘defend’ Jerusalem

Syrian president convenes conference opposing Jewish influence on city

By Elhanan Miller

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: Alawites

Death toll from Lebanon fighting climbs to 10

From the web Reuters: Sectarian violence between Sunni and Alawite factions rocks Tripoli neighborhoods

Clashes rage in rebel bastions of Syria’s Aleppo

Iran accuses rebels of using civilians as ‘human shields,’ rejects foreign military intervention

Assad may create Alawite enclave if Syria solution not found, Jordanian king warns

Abdullah II tells CBS that move, a worst case scenario, would set off a ‘sectarian land grab’

Syria’s merciless history

‘The Syrian Rebellion,’ by Fouad Ajami, is an unflinching book that doesn’t offer much hope

Who were the Iranians abducted in Damascus?

One Arab editor refuses to believe they were just innocent pilgrims

Iraqi refugees flee Syria to avoid sectarian revenge

At least 12,680 people stream back to their homeland, escaping civil war and attacks on Shiites

Islamic fighters flocking to Syria

From the web With funding from private organizations in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait, many jihadists view Shiite Islam as the real enemy, reports The Globe and Mail

That’s the way the coalition crumbles

The press picks through the pieces of the failed unity government, and reports of atrocities filter in from Syria

General’s defection to France signals crumbling support for Assad from Syria’s elite

Manaf Tlas, from a prominent Sunni family, had not spoken with Syrian president for 3 months

Clinton hails defection of Syrian military official, a longtime Assad aide and confidant

Citing an increasing stream of senior Syrian military defectors, secretary says regime insiders are ‘starting to vote with their feet’

Syrian opposition names new leader, Iraq fails to depose old one

Ahmad Shafiq accuses Muslim Brotherhood of using mosques to incite against him

Assad’s response to Syria unrest leaves his own sect divided

From the web New York Times: Some Alawites advocate a heavier hand against rebels, while others say a civil war with Sunni Muslims is brewing

Activists: Assad’s forces kill at least 50 civilians, including 13 children

Five killed in Aleppo, an economic hub that has been relatively supportive of Assad, after 10,000 take to the streets

In Syria’s former province in Turkey, Assad finds backing

From the web The World reports that Christians and Alevis in Turkish province of Hatay fear fall of Syrian dictator

Despite chaos at home, Assad finds time to ‘defend’ Jerusalem

Syrian president convenes conference opposing Jewish influence on city

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