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Topic: Deir el-Zour

May 8, 2013
5:31 pm

Armed men stand near the wreckage of a military helicopter, left, in Deir el-Zour, Syria, on May 5. 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Syrian troops push into strategic southern town

Internet and cellphones down throughout the country

By Bassem Mroue

May 6, 2013
10:25 pm

Armed men stand near the wreckage of a military helicopter in Deir el-Zour, Syria, Sunday, May 5, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Syrian rebels shoot down regime helicopter

Opposition forces say eight regime troops aboard aircraft killed; incident occurred in province of Deir el-Zour, along Iraq border

By Barbara Surk

May 6, 2013
8:59 am

Syrian rebels stand before what they claim is a downed regime helicopter (image capture YouTube/Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)

Syrian rebels shoot down regime helicopter

Activists say eight soldiers killed in attack near Iraqi border

April 7, 2013
9:07 pm

The aftermath of rocket attacks in Damascus, Syria, earlier this month (photo credit: AP/Local Council of Barzeh)

Syria bombards rebels from the air in new offensive

Text message sent to cell phones tells rebels to surrender, because ‘the army is coming to get you’

By Jamal Halaby

March 16, 2013
6:33 pm

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At least 17 killed in fighting in northern, eastern Syria

Rebels set off a powerful car bomb near a high-rise in Deir el-Zour and forces loyal to Assad retaliate as conflict enters its third year

By Karin Laub

January 29, 2013
2:36 pm

A Free Syrian Army soldier flashes the victory sign in Hama, Syria, January 2013 (photo credit: AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

Syrian rebels storm government complex, free comrades

Gunmen reportedly take over an intelligence complex and a major prison

November 23, 2012
1:08 am

Syrian rebels celebrating the takeover of Mayadeen military base near Deir el-Zour, Thursday, Nov. 22 (photo credit: AP/Shaam News Network)

Syrian rebels capture key army base, seize military-grade weapons

Insurgents have been making advances in the strategic Deir el-Zour province, near Iraqi border, for weeks

By Barbara Surk

November 22, 2012
2:53 pm

A Free Syrian Army fighter fires at Syrian Army positions (photo credit: AP/Manu Brabo)

Syrian rebels seize army base near Iraqi border

Insurgents have been making advances in the strategic Deir el-Zour province for weeks

November 4, 2012
10:26 pm

Burhan Ghalioun, leader of the opposition Syrian National Council (SNC), left, shakes hands with one of the attendees during the meeting of the General Assembly of the Syrian National Council in Doha, Qatar, Sunday, November 4, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Osama Faisal)

Divisions emerge at Syria opposition conference

Rebels reportedy capture oil field, down regime warplane after three days of fighting with government troops

By Karin Laub

November 4, 2012
9:45 pm

Syrian rebels capture oil field near Iraqi border

Activist claims al-Ward was functioning until shortly before being overrun

September 19, 2012
2:03 pm

Lakhdar Brahimi (left) during his visit to the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, September 18 (photo credit: AP/Raad Adayleh)

Syrian opposition head calls for immediate Arab intervention

Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood wants to weaken king’s powers

By Elhanan Miller

September 7, 2012
10:15 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90/File)

UN asks to double humanitarian aid to Syria

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says original budget of $180 million is not enough

September 2, 2012
3:16 pm

Egyotian President Mohammed Morsi (left) shakes hands with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the NAM conference, August 30, 2012 (photo credit: AP)

For Egyptian TV broadcasters, veils are now allowed

Syrian oppositionists attack government airports; Egypt remains frosty on Iran and a leading Iraqi politician will not speak to his coalition partner

By Elhanan Miller

August 24, 2012
7:55 pm

Lebanese army soldiers run from a sniper at an outdoor market in Tripoli in August. (photo credit: AP)

Over 20 killed in Syrian regime airstrikes on city near Iraqi border

Shells crash into rebellious Damascus suburb of Daraya as part of days-long government offensive

August 13, 2012
11:27 am

Syrian rebels claim they’ve shot down first Assad fighter jet

Free Syrian Army say it captured pilot

By Ilan Ben Zion

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