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Topic: George Sabra

May 13, 2013
9:12 pm

Anti-Syrian regime protesters holding a banner in the remains of a building, during a demonstration at Kafr Nabil in Idlib province, northern Syria, May 12. (AP/Union of Homs Districts)

Syrian opposition hedges on peace conference

‘It is still early to make a decision,’ says Syrian National Coalition head; British PM says Russia understands need to stabilize region

February 24, 2013
8:04 pm

George Sabra, head of the main Syrian opposition bloc in exile, the Syrian National Council, on November 10, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Osama Faisal)

Hezbollah occupying areas of Syria, rebels claim

Opposition leader George Sabra calls on the Arab League to take steps against the Iranian-backed militia’s intervention in civil war

February 14, 2013
11:24 pm

Mourners walk past open graves at a cemetery during a funeral for four people killed in a raid by government forces in a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, April 7, 2012 (photo credit: AP)

Kerry says 90,000 killed in Syria

Figure, cited by Saudi foreign minister, is well beyond 70,000 estimated by UN human rights chief earlier this week

By Philip Podolsky and AP

February 12, 2013
8:28 pm

A man carries a body among ruins in the Syrian city of Aleppo, Sunday (photo credit: Aleppo Media Center AMC/AP)

Syria death toll is probably near 70,000, UN says

Organization’s human rights chief says almost 10,000 people killed in recent weeks

By AP and Times of Israel staff

February 12, 2013
3:24 pm

A Free Syrian Army fighter walks past destroyed shops in Aleppo, Syria, on Friday, February 8, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Abdullah Al-Yassin)

Syrian oppositionists escape death

Tunisia’s prime minister receives a blow after his proposal for a technocrat government is shot down by party

By Elhanan Miller

December 8, 2012
5:33 pm

British Foreign Secretary William Hague (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90/File)

Hague warns Assad regime may use chemical weapons

UK foreign secretary says intelligence shows Damascus might employ its stockpiles against rebels, adds that Washington shares Britain’s concern

By Yifa Yaakov and Ilan Ben Zion

December 7, 2012
5:41 pm

Stop Assad before he uses chemical weapons, Syria’s opposition leader implores international community

President ‘would not hesitate to commit such atrocities, warns George Sabra, urging soldiers to defect

By Ilan Ben Zion

November 13, 2012
11:29 pm

Syrian regime opponent George Sabra attends the Syrian National Council's Executive Office elections in Doha, Qatar, on Friday. He won the post of president. (photo credit: AP Photo/Osama Faisal)

US, France recognize Syrian opposition as ‘legitimate representative’ of the people

Western countries join Gulf states in support of broad anti-Assad coalition

By Aaron Kalman and AP

November 13, 2012
10:06 am

In this file photo from October 2012, Syrian rebel fighters belonging to the Liwa al-Tawhid unit pose after several days of intense clashes in Aleppo (photo credit: AP Photo/Narciso Contreras, File)

Newly unified, Syrian rebels seek arms while government forces have ‘more than enough weapons’

‘As long as Bashar Assad has the money to pay his military, it will keep fighting,’ says analyst

By Brian Murphy and Elizabeth A. Kennedy

November 11, 2012
3:37 pm

Syrian opposition struggles to unite

Iraqi prime minister cancels mega arms deal with Russia

By Elhanan Miller

November 11, 2012
3:58 am

Young Syrians demonstrate against Syrian President Bashar Assad, depicted on the poster beneath the feet of a drummer, in the Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Nov. 9 (photo credit: AP/Monica G. Prieto)

Doha meeting produces unity plan, Syrian opposition figure says

Groups reportedly agree on main points towards forming a national anti-Assad coalition

By Ron Friedman and AP

November 10, 2012
2:58 pm

George Sabra, right, is congratulated after winning the election of the Executive Office of the Syrian National Council in Doha, Qatar on Friday (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)

‘We get nothing’ from foreign backers, says newly-elected Syrian opposition chief

George Sabra calls for hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid with no strings attached; says Assad’s allies ‘give the regime everything’

By Karin Laub

November 10, 2012
12:39 am

Main Syrian opposition bloc elects left-wing Christian as president

Communist-turned-social democrat George Sabra may counter Western fears about Islamist influences in the Syrian National Council

November 7, 2012
11:56 am

Muslim students pose before a throng of photographers shortly after "voting" in the mock US election at a shopping mall at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines Wednesday, Nov. 7 (photo credit: AP/Bullit Marquez)

Obama’s reelection celebrated around world

From national leaders in the West to schoolkids in the East, people across the globe are caught up in US presidential fever

By Margie Mason

October 16, 2012
9:35 am

An anti-Assad protest in London in 2011. (photo credit: CC BY-SA hood.jonathan, Flickr)

France, UK detain citizens en route to join Syrian rebels

European governments fear radicalized local Muslims, trained in foreign conflicts, could return to stage attacks at home

By Lori Hinnant