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An Iron Dome Missile Battery near Tel Aviv on July 15, 2018 (Ben Dori/Flash90)
January 24, 2019, 11:14 am
After Syria threatens Ben Gurion Airport, Iron Dome deployed in greater Tel Aviv
Military takes precautionary measure of setting up additional air defenses in central and southern Israel; shots fired at IDF troops on Syrian border overnight
By Judah Ari Gross
Syria's UN Ambassador Bashar Jaafari addresses the United Nations Security Council, at UN headquarters, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
January 23, 2019, 3:02 am
Syria’s UN envoy threatens retaliatory attack on Ben Gurion Airport
Threats come after Israeli air force strikes on storehouses and radar systems at Damascus airport, which reportedly killed 21, including 12 Iranians
By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross
A Lebanese soldier stands guard as Syrian refugees gather in their vehicles getting ready to cross into Syria from the eastern Lebanese border town of Arsal, Lebanon, on June 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
November 29, 2018, 3:56 pm
Syria: West should lift sanctions to help refugees return
At Kazakhstan talks between government and opposition, Damascus’s UN envoy says ending economic pressure is ‘real test’ of West’s intentions
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA
Detail from a photograph of the Jobar Synagogue in Damascus, circa 2013. (Moti Kahana)
March 25, 2018, 7:48 pm
Syria accuses Israel of stealing artifacts from Damascus
UN ambassador Bashar Jaafari says religious books smuggled from Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in Jobar to New York via Istanbul
By JTA
Syria's UN ambassador and head of the government delegation Bashar al-Jaafari attends the first session of Syria peace talks at Astana's Rixos President Hotel on January 23, 2017. (AFP Photo/Kirill Kudryavtsev)
November 11, 2017, 9:43 pm
Syria’s UN ambassador pans West for disregarding Israeli nukes
Bashar al-Jaafari castigates international community for ‘turning a blind eye’ to Jewish state’s alleged arsenal
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Syrian government forces man a checkpoint at the President Square in Homs on February 25, 2017, as security measures were tightened following a number of suicide attacks. (AFP Photo/Stringer)
February 25, 2017, 10:52 pm
Main Syria opposition condemns ‘terrorism’ after Homs attack kills dozens
Denunciation comes after Syrian envoy calls any party that fails to censure bombing ‘an accomplice of terrorism’
By AFP
Smoke billows from buildings following reported air strikes on a rebel-held area in the southern city of Daraa, on February 25, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mohamad Abazeed)
February 25, 2017, 8:07 pm
Syria vows ‘retaliation’ as attack jolts peace talks
UN says suicide bombing in Homs that killed 42 was an attempt to ‘spoil’ Geneva meeting between regime, rebel officials
By AFP
Delegations of Russia, Iran and Turkey hold talks on Syrian peace at a hotel in Astana, Kazakhstan, Monday, January 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
January 23, 2017, 6:20 pm
Harsh exchanges on first day of Syria talks in Kazakhstan
Opposing sides in bloody conflict exchange accusations that opponents are terrorists, with few signs of common ground
By PHILIP ISSA
Members of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent deliver aid to the besieged rebel bastion of Douma, a flashpoint near the Syrian capital Damascus on May 26, 2016. (AFP/Abd Doumany)
June 5, 2016, 3:38 am
UN, France slam Syria for refusing aid to besieged areas
Humanitarian chief Stephen O’Brien looks to air drops to help 350,000 people in areas blockaded by regime
By Edith M. Lederer
A fighter belonging to Jaish al-Islam (Islam Army) runs to take cover near the frontline on March 14, 2016 in the neighbourhood of Jobar, on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus. (AFP / AMER ALMOHIBANY)
March 14, 2016, 11:25 pm
Rebels, Germany laud Russian plan to withdraw from Syria
Berlin says pullout, which Moscow claims is designed to signal shift from fighting to diplomacy, will put pressure on Assad as peace talks get underway
By AFP and ToI Staff
Syrian chief negotiator and the country's Ambassador to the UN Bashar Ja'afari speaks to the media after a round of negotiations between the Syrian government and the opposition at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2016. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)
February 3, 2016, 12:35 am
Russia open to ‘terrorists’ attending Syria peace talks
Moscow says hard-line Islamic groups should take part in UN negotiations though they are not ‘legitimate peace partners’
By Jamey Keaten
A convoy of aid from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) waits on the outskirts of the besieged rebel-held Syrian town of Madaya, on January 11, 2016. (AFP/Louai Beshara)
January 15, 2016, 12:30 am
Security Council calls emergency meeting on Syrian sieges
UN chief calls it ‘unconscionable’ that aid can only reach 1 percent of 400,000 who are besieged and starving
By Alexandra Olson
Syrian President Bashar Assad gives an interview to Foreign Affairs magazine in Damascus, January 26, 2015. (AFP)
March 7, 2015, 9:59 am
Syrian envoy to UN says Assad is here to stay
Bashar Jaafari claims embattled president ready to help West combat terrorism; UN approves resolution condemning use of chlorine in Syria
By AP and ToI Staff
The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands (Vincent van Zeijst/Wikimedia Commons/File)
February 20, 2015, 11:34 pm
UN may name alleged perpetrators of war crimes in Syria
Investigators say publishing list of suspected criminals would serve as deterrent, call for international tribunal
By Edith M. Lederer
The United Nations Security Council votes on a resolution (illustrative photo: AP/Craig Ruttle)
May 22, 2014, 7:10 pm
Russia, China veto UN move to refer Syria to ICC
More than 60 countries wanted Assad investigated for war crimes, only to have initiative blocked in Security Council
By Cara Anna and Edith M. Lederer
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