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February 24, 2013
5:11 pm

A Free Syrian Army tank in Aleppo (photo credit: screenshot YouTube)

Armed with tanks, rebels fight for Aleppo police academy

Capture of security complex could turn the tide for opposition, which has scored key victories recently against Bashar Assad

February 22, 2013
10:05 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, at UN Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, June 30 (photo credit:AP/Martial Trezzini, Keystone)

Russia-US spat dooms UN statement on Damascus bomb

Sniping between Moscow and Washington over Syria does not augur well for upcoming meeting between foreign ministers

February 22, 2013
4:42 pm

People searching through the debris of destroyed buildings in the aftermath of a strike by Syrian government forces, in the neighborhood of Jabal Bedro, Aleppo, Syria, February 19 (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

Activists report shelling near Damascus airport

Rebel advances in the city’s suburbs in recent days mark the most sustained challenge of the civil war for control of capital

By Zeina Karam

February 22, 2013
7:59 am

Syrian fire fighters extinguish burning cars after a huge explosion that shook central Damascus on Thursday (photo credit: AP/SANA)

UNSC fails to pass resolution on Syria attacks

US and Russia blame each other for impasse; Russian diplomat says US reluctance encourages terror attacks

By Yoel Goldman and AP

February 21, 2013
12:10 pm

In this photo provided by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian security agents carry a body following a huge explosion that shook central Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 (photo credit: AP/SANA)

53 killed in bombing near Baath HQ in Damascus

Multiple blasts go off in Syrian capital; local media reports 200 injured, most of the dead were civilians

By AP and Times of Israel staff

February 20, 2013
11:55 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and UN envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi talk during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, Dec. 29 (photo credit: AP/Ivan Sekretarev)

Russia offers to broker Syria talks

FM Sergey Lavrov says Kremlin and Arab League attempting to establish direct contact between Assad’s regime and opposition.

February 20, 2013
12:53 am

33 killed in Aleppo missile strike

14 children reported among the dead; mortars explode near Assad’s palace in Damascus

By Zeina Karam

February 19, 2013
6:29 pm

Mortars explode near Assad’s palace in Damascus

Minor damage, no injuries in first strike near the presidential compound as Syrian rebels bring the fight to regime’s heart

February 17, 2013
2:24 pm

Syrian rebels stand in the rubble of buildings damaged by government airstrikes, in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, February 13, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

Power returns to Damascus as fighting rages

Much of southern Syria and its capital without electricity since Saturday

By Jamal Halaby

February 16, 2013
9:28 pm

Power outage plunges Damascus, southern Syria into darkness

Problem with high tension lines leaves much of country without power; fuel shortage renders backup generators useless

February 10, 2013
7:32 pm

Smoke and fire rising on a main highway in Damascus, Syria on Friday, February 8 (photo credit: AP/Ugarit News)

Syrian army, rebels battle for key Damascus highway

Opposition to Assad brings the fight to the capital in fiercest violence since July

February 10, 2013
3:04 am

Soldiers affixing missiles to an Israeli jet before a flight over Lebanon in 2006. (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Strikes on Syria arms transfers may continue, analysts say

Amos Yadlin tells Washington Post that Israel will consider acting again if it sees weapons moving from Assad to Hezbollah

By Joshua Davidovich

February 8, 2013
5:21 pm

Syrian rebels close in on capital, block key highway

‘This is not the battle for Damascus. This battle is to prepare for the entry into Damascus,’ says an opposition spokesman

By Ben Hubbard

February 8, 2013
1:47 pm

A Syrian woman sits on the ruins of her house, which was destroyed in a recent government airstrike that killed 11 members of her family, in Aleppo, Syria, on Thursday (photo credit: AP/Abdullah al-Yassin)

Bus stop bombing kills 54 in Syria

Assad’s air force bombs roads surrounding Damascus, rebels say