May 6, 2015
4:08 pm

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visiting troops, April 20, 2014. (AFP/HO/SANA)

Syria’s Assad says defeats don’t mean war is lost

President’s comments at a Damascus school were the first since a string of regime losses in Idlib province

By AFP

May 5, 2015
4:25 pm

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran, Iran, Friday April 3, 2015 (Photo credit: AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran denounces West’s ‘pride’ in Mideast arms deals

President Rouhani says weapon sales ‘create insecurity,’ ‘unjustly make regional countries scared of each other’

By AFP

April 27, 2015
10:45 am

Al-Nusra Front fighters standing near the Quneitra crossing between Israel and Syria. (screen capture: YouTube)

Israel may not have been behind last Syria strike

Reliable assessments point to rebel forces as responsible for latest attack near Damascus

By Stuart Winer and Mitch Ginsburg

April 9, 2015
5:04 pm

Men walk past destroyed buildings in the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital Damascus on April 6, 2015. (AFP/Youssef Karwashan)

Palestinians, Assad to join forces to oust Islamic State from Yarmouk

Unclear whether all factions in embattled Damascus refugee camp will work with Syrian regime forces against jihadi group

By AP

April 8, 2015
6:24 am

A general view showing the destruction in the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital of Damascus, April 6, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/STR)

Syria offers Palestinians its firepower in Yarmouk battle

Syrian officials meet with PLO delegation to discuss Islamic State capture of refugee camp near Damascus

By Rim Haddad

April 6, 2015
10:44 pm

A man walks in a street inside the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital Damascus on April 6, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/ YOUSSEF KARWASHAN)

Security Council demands aid access to Yarmouk camp

UN officials mull humanitarian aid to help 18,000 Palestinians in refugee camp surrounded by the Islamic State

By AFP

April 6, 2015
6:28 pm

Palestinians shout slogans as they hold banners during a gathering in solidarity with the Palestinians living in Syria's Yarmouk camp, on April 5, 2015 outside Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) headquarters in Ramallah, the West Bank (photo credit: AFP/ ABBAS MOMANI)

PLO to hold talks with Syria on Yarmouk relief

Official heads to Damascus in effort to help 18,000 Palestinians in refugee camp surrounded by the Islamic State

By AFP and Times of Israel staff

April 2, 2015
12:16 pm

The Lebanese flag. (photo credit: Flicker/CC BY 2.0/ Eusebius@Commons)

Lebanese woman accused of spying for Israel

Wife of parliament security guard was allegedly contacted by Mossad via social media, paid for carrying out missions

By Adiv Sterman

April 2, 2015
2:57 am

Iraqi security forces deploy in Tikrit, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraq hails victory over Islamic State extremists in Tikrit

US sees reversal for IS as evidence its aerial bombardment strategy is working

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Sameer N. Yacoub

April 1, 2015
4:24 pm

Residents of the besieged Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp wait to leave the camp, on the southern edge of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, Feb. 4, 2014 (photo credit: AP/SANA)

IS seizes Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus

Yarmouk was home to 160,000 Syrians and Palestinians, though only 18,000 remain after 4 years of civil war

By AFP

March 26, 2015
11:25 am

Damascus Museum employees wrap archaeological artifacts into boxes to protect them from being damaged on March 24, 2015, in the Syrian capital (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / JOSEPH EID)

In Syria, race to save antiquities from looting, damage

Officials in war-torn country hide thousands of ancient artifacts and manuscripts in order to protect them from jihadists

By AFP

March 21, 2015
5:26 am

Gold travelling Hanukkah menorah. (photo credit: Courtesy of John Endlich Antiquairs/ JTA)

At European art fair, collectors increasingly seek Jewish objects

Judaica works spark interest of buyers at international cultural gathering in Netherlands

By Menachem Wecker

February 26, 2015
9:58 am

Illustrative: Smoke rises following an explosion in Syria's Quneitra province as Syrian rebels clash with Assad regime forces, seen from the Golan Heights in 2014. (AP/Ariel Schalit, File)

Hezbollah campaign stalls on Syrian Golan Heights

Shiite group and regime forces unable to claim significant achievements against opposition forces in contested region

By Avi Issacharoff

February 21, 2015
8:12 pm

A picture taken from behind broken glass shows a couple pushing a baby stroller as they rush to check their house following an air strike on the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Douma, on February 21, 2015. (screen capture: AFP/Abd Doumany)

Car bomb kills 4 in Assad hometown

Human rights watchdog says Syrian troops executed 10 children of rebel fighters in separate attack in northern city

By AFP

February 16, 2015
12:57 pm

Israelis said to be annoyed at US claiming 2008 Mughniyeh hit

Leaks revealing CIA involvement in Damascus operation downplay the major Mossad role, Israeli sources reportedly complain

By Stuart Winer

Topic: Damascus

Syria’s Assad says defeats don’t mean war is lost

President’s comments at a Damascus school were the first since a string of regime losses in Idlib province

Iran denounces West’s ‘pride’ in Mideast arms deals

President Rouhani says weapon sales ‘create insecurity,’ ‘unjustly make regional countries scared of each other’

Israel may not have been behind last Syria strike

Reliable assessments point to rebel forces as responsible for latest attack near Damascus

Palestinians, Assad to join forces to oust Islamic State from Yarmouk

Unclear whether all factions in embattled Damascus refugee camp will work with Syrian regime forces against jihadi group

Syria offers Palestinians its firepower in Yarmouk battle

Syrian officials meet with PLO delegation to discuss Islamic State capture of refugee camp near Damascus

Security Council demands aid access to Yarmouk camp

UN officials mull humanitarian aid to help 18,000 Palestinians in refugee camp surrounded by the Islamic State

PLO to hold talks with Syria on Yarmouk relief

Official heads to Damascus in effort to help 18,000 Palestinians in refugee camp surrounded by the Islamic State

Lebanese woman accused of spying for Israel

Wife of parliament security guard was allegedly contacted by Mossad via social media, paid for carrying out missions

Iraq hails victory over Islamic State extremists in Tikrit

US sees reversal for IS as evidence its aerial bombardment strategy is working

IS seizes Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus

Yarmouk was home to 160,000 Syrians and Palestinians, though only 18,000 remain after 4 years of civil war

In Syria, race to save antiquities from looting, damage

Officials in war-torn country hide thousands of ancient artifacts and manuscripts in order to protect them from jihadists

At European art fair, collectors increasingly seek Jewish objects

Judaica works spark interest of buyers at international cultural gathering in Netherlands

Hezbollah campaign stalls on Syrian Golan Heights

Shiite group and regime forces unable to claim significant achievements against opposition forces in contested region

Car bomb kills 4 in Assad hometown

Human rights watchdog says Syrian troops executed 10 children of rebel fighters in separate attack in northern city

Israelis said to be annoyed at US claiming 2008 Mughniyeh hit

Leaks revealing CIA involvement in Damascus operation downplay the major Mossad role, Israeli sources reportedly complain

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