May 15, 2013
2:59 am

A frame from a video apparently showing a Syrian rebel biting into the heart of a slain regime soldier.(photo credit: screenshot YouTube)

Heart-eating Syrian rebel: ‘We will slaughter all of them’

From the web Khalid al-Hamad expresses ‘no regret’ at biting into internal organ cut from dead regime soldier as seen in gruesome video, reports TIME

May 8, 2013
9:41 am

A Syrian Army tank in the streets of Damascus, Syria, Friday, April 26, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Ugarit via AP video)

Assad’s forces capture strategic southern town

From the web Opposition fighters say lack of Jordanian support led to the fall of Khirbet Ghazaleh, Reuters reports

May 6, 2013
2:16 pm

This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows a general view of damaged buildings wrecked by an Israeli airstrike, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, May 5, 2013. Israeli warplanes struck areas in and around the Syrian capital early Sunday, setting off a series of explosions as they targeted a shipment of highly accurate, Iranian-made guided missiles believed to be on their way to Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group, officials and activists said. The attack, the second in three days, signaled a sharp escalation of Israel's involvement in Syria's bloody civil war. Syria's state media reported that Israeli missiles struck a military and scientific research center near the Syrian capital and caused casualties. (Photo credit: AP/SANA)

Some Syrians support Israel’s strikes — but what was the target?

The regime and the opposition condemn the attack, while Hezbollah tries to sell the story that innocent facilities paid the price

By Michael Bassin

May 5, 2013
3:17 am

A screenshot froma video purporting to show large explosions on the outskirts of Damascus early Sunday morning. (Screenshot via YouTube)

Syrian military site hit by fresh Israeli strike early Sunday

Israeli official says target was an Iranian missile shipment; IDF declines to comment; rocket expert says Iranian Fateh-110 missiles would be ‘game-changer’ if they reached Hezbollah

By Times of Israel staff and AP

May 3, 2013
8:08 am

NBC chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel (center), with NBC Turkey reporter Aziz Akyavas (left), and NBC photographer John Kooistra (right), after they were taken hostage in Syria. Undated amateur video posted on the Internet. (photo credit: AP)

In Syria, it’s open season on journalists, says rights group

Amnesty International report states government, as well as some rebel groups, actively targeting reporters

By Raphael Satter

April 29, 2013
9:53 am

A Syrian Army tank in the streets of the Jobar district of Damascus, Syria, Friday, April 26, 2013 (photo credit: AP Photo/Ugarit via AP video)

Rebels battle Syrian army near chemical weapons site

Clashes in Damascus come a day after unconfirmed reports of Israeli airstrike on a similar facility nearby

By Asher Zeiger

April 28, 2013
12:28 pm

A victim of an alleged chemical weapons attack is treated by doctors in Aleppo, Syria, in March (photo credit: AP/SANA)

‘Syrian army ordered use of chemical weapons,’ says defected general

From the web Former military official in WMD branch tells Al Arabiya he was instructed to use poisonous chemicals in battles with Free Syrian Army

April 27, 2013
4:10 pm

Rebels attack air base in northern Syria

Raids follow advances by Assad’s troops near the Lebanese border and in Damascus

April 22, 2013
10:15 am

Syrian government warplanes and artillery pounded Damascus and its suburbs Tuesday April 2, as rebels in the northern city of Aleppo launched an operation that aims to free hundreds of political detainees from the city's central prison, activists said. (photo credit: AP/Shaam News Network)

Syria sees record 500 body count for a single day

As Assad fighters go on offensive, remains of 483 people found in Damascus suburbs, some 300 of them civilians, activists say

By Gavriel Fiske

April 20, 2013
8:58 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Syrian opposition leader Moaz al-Khatib, left, Saturday, April 20, 2013, in Istanbul, Turkey. (photo credit: AP/Evan Vucci)

US readies multimillion aid package for Syrian rebels

Secretary of State John Kerry meets with opposition leaders in Istanbul

By AP and Times of Israel staff

April 19, 2013
10:01 pm

Anti Syrian regime protesters chanting slogans and waving the Syrian revolutionary flag during a demonstration, in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, April 19, 2013.(AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)

Fierce battles in Syria; US to raise aid to rebels

18 people killed Friday near the Lebanese border; gunmen shot a government official Thursday in Damascus

April 16, 2013
11:52 am

Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks to Turkish TV station Ulusal Kanal on April 2, 2013. (photo credit: image capture from YouTube video uploaded by SyrianPresidency)

Bashar Assad issues amnesty decree for criminals

Syrian president grants general pardon for ‘crimes committed before April 16′; Syrian channel to air interview with Assad on Wednesday

By Times of Israel staff

April 16, 2013
9:53 am

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz (photo credit: Flash90)

Israel can strike Iran nuclear targets alone, IDF head says

Benny Gantz says intense discussions underway between military and political leadership over Iran, warns Gazans to keep south quiet