August 10, 2013
7:15 pm

Protesters chant slogans and wave revolutionary flags during a rally after Friday prayers at al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, December 28, 2012. (AP/Khalil Hamra)

Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood faces uphill battle

Its downfall in Egypt has deepened distrust of the secretive movement and raised suspicion over its religious agenda

By Zeina Karam

June 5, 2013
2:25 pm

Members of the Grandson of the Prophet rebel brigade operating near Hama. (photo credit: image capture from NYTimes video)

Syrian rebels meet setbacks on a new front

From the web NY Times: Opposition brigades launch summer offensive to break deadly stalemate; Assad forces respond with airstrikes, artillery

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

By AP and Times of Israel staff

January 29, 2013
8:00 am

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, right, flanked by Syrian National Coalition vice-president Riad Seif attend a press conference during the International support meeting of the Syrian National Coalition in Paris, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 (photo credit:AP/Francois Mori)

France warns extremists could prevail in Syria

If Syrian people won’t ‘achieve their freedom… massacres and antagonisms’ will have the upper hand, FM Fabius tells opposition gathering

By Elaine Ganley and Zeina Karam

December 25, 2012
1:01 pm

A Syrian man carries an elderly woman after a government airstrike hit the Hama suburb of Halfaya, Syria, on Sunday December 23, 2012. (photo credit: Shaam News Network via AP video)

Syrian rebels claim recent alleged chemical attack not the first

Opposition forces say government has used mysterious and deadly toxic gas 18 times in recent battles

By Asher Zeiger and Stuart Winer

December 23, 2012
7:52 pm

Rebel fighters rush to the scene of a Syrian airstrike on a bakery (at right) in Halfaya, where more than 60 people were reported killed on Sunday. (photo credit: image capture from YouTube video)

Over 60 killed in airstrike on Syrian bakery

Attack comes as UN envoy meets with officials in Damascus to end violence

By AP and Times of Israel staff

December 7, 2012
3:06 am

Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meets with the speaker of the Iranian parliament, Ali Larijani, in Damascus, Syria, October 2012 (photo credit: AP/SANA)

Assad may be preparing to take chemical weapons with him in a retreat from Damascus, Israeli expert says

Dictator’s own father said to have used hydrogen cyanide against Muslim Brotherhood activists when killing 20,000 in Hama in 1982

By Mitch Ginsburg

November 5, 2012
6:31 pm

A member of the Syrian opposition fires at regime forces in Aleppo, Sunday (photo credit: Narciso Contreras/AP)

Palestinians in Syria take sides in ongoing civil war

Refugees who oppose Assad join rebel fighters in battle for Damascus

By Bassem Mroue

November 5, 2012
2:48 pm

50 reportedly dead in Syrian suicide bombing

At least 137 dead across the country in clashes between rebels and government forces

By AP and Times of Israel staff

October 6, 2012
9:58 pm

Syria — Iran’s Czechoslovakia, an opportunity for the West

Here is an opportunity — a relatively easy one — for the US and allies to defeat a dangerous enemy, and the Obama regime will not take it

By Dana Gordon

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 4, 2012
3:07 pm

A Syrian man walks by a house destroyed in a Syrian government bombing in Azaz, near Aleppo, August 24, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Muhammed Muheisen)

‘Collective punishment’ in Syria and rumors on Iran

EU envoy to the Middle East says time is running out for the two-state solution

By Elhanan Miller

August 30, 2012
1:54 am

A Syrian man walks in his house, which was destroyed in a Syrian government forces shelling, over looking the rubble of other houses, in Azaz, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (photo credit: Muhammed Muheisen/AP)

Assad acknowledges struggles in civil war

While rebels have stalemated Syria’s armed forces, president encourages more defections to ‘cleanse’ the state

By Bassem Mroue and Hamza Hendawi

July 24, 2012
11:39 pm

File photo of Muslim worshippers outside the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem during Ramadan in 2011. (photo credit: Sliman Khader/Flash90)

Assad’s forces attack mosque, killing 30 in suspected Ramadan massacre

From the web Reuters: Assad’s troops fire on worshippers in Hama as they enter a mosque for prayers, according to activists

July 15, 2012
3:23 pm

Black smoke rises from buildings near a mosque from purported forces shelling in Homs, Syria on July 11, 2012. (photo credit: Shaam News Network/AP)

Red Cross refers to Syrian conflict as ‘civil war’

Topic: Hama

Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood faces uphill battle

Its downfall in Egypt has deepened distrust of the secretive movement and raised suspicion over its religious agenda

Syrian rebels meet setbacks on a new front

From the web NY Times: Opposition brigades launch summer offensive to break deadly stalemate; Assad forces respond with airstrikes, artillery

Bus stop bombing kills 54 in Syria

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

France warns extremists could prevail in Syria

If Syrian people won’t ‘achieve their freedom… massacres and antagonisms’ will have the upper hand, FM Fabius tells opposition gathering

Syrian rebels claim recent alleged chemical attack not the first

Opposition forces say government has used mysterious and deadly toxic gas 18 times in recent battles

Over 60 killed in airstrike on Syrian bakery

Attack comes as UN envoy meets with officials in Damascus to end violence

Assad may be preparing to take chemical weapons with him in a retreat from Damascus, Israeli expert says

Dictator’s own father said to have used hydrogen cyanide against Muslim Brotherhood activists when killing 20,000 in Hama in 1982

Palestinians in Syria take sides in ongoing civil war

Refugees who oppose Assad join rebel fighters in battle for Damascus

50 reportedly dead in Syrian suicide bombing

At least 137 dead across the country in clashes between rebels and government forces

Syria — Iran’s Czechoslovakia, an opportunity for the West

Here is an opportunity — a relatively easy one — for the US and allies to defeat a dangerous enemy, and the Obama regime will not take it

UN asks to double humanitarian aid to Syria

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

‘Collective punishment’ in Syria and rumors on Iran

EU envoy to the Middle East says time is running out for the two-state solution

Assad acknowledges struggles in civil war

While rebels have stalemated Syria’s armed forces, president encourages more defections to ‘cleanse’ the state

Assad’s forces attack mosque, killing 30 in suspected Ramadan massacre

From the web Reuters: Assad’s troops fire on worshippers in Hama as they enter a mosque for prayers, according to activists

Red Cross refers to Syrian conflict as ‘civil war’

Status applies humanitarian law to entire country, grants parties right to ‘appropriate force’

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