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Islamic State fighters near the border between Syria and Iraq (screen capture: YouTube/Vice News)
November 25, 2014, 11:05 pm
Islamic State beheads ‘apostate’ from minority group
Extremist group in Syria places sign above victim's disfigured body warning non-Sunnis should expect same fate
By AFP
Smoke and flames rise following an explosion in the Syrian town of Kobani, also known as Ain al-Arab, as seen from the southeastern Turkish village of Mursitpinar in the Sanliurfa province on October 20, 2014. (Photo credit: AFP/ BULENT KILIC)
October 21, 2014, 8:04 pm
Waiting for Peshmerga, Syrian Kurds weather assault on Kobani
Defenders of beleaguered town await fighters from Iraq to cross Turkish border and assist in battle against jihadists
By AFP
Illustrative photo: this image, from a video posted on September 18, 2013, shows Syrians in protective suits and gas masks conducting a drill on how to treat casualties of a chemical weapons attack, in Aleppo, Syria (AP)
September 18, 2014, 8:19 pm
Syria still has many chemical weapons — Israeli official
Assad regime has stashed many of its WMD and could cause 'very serious' damage in war-torn region, official tells Reuters
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of a car bombing in Homs province, central Syria (photo credit: AP/SANA)
June 20, 2014, 5:01 pm
Truck bombing in central Syria kills 34
Islamic Front, an umbrella for several rebel groups, claims responsibility for attack on government-held town of Horrah
By AP
Illustrative photo: this image, from a video posted on September 18, 2013, shows Syrians in protective suits and gas masks conducting a drill on how to treat casualties of a chemical weapons attack, in Aleppo, Syria (AP)
June 2, 2014, 4:52 am
Assad hiding chemical arms in remote mountainside, activist charges
Opposition figure tells The Times of Israel about April 16 delivery by three vehicles to area north of Hama
By Elhanan Miller
Illustrative photo: Children receive oxygen in Kfar Zeita, a rebel-held village in Hama province, Syria, after an alleged chemical attack, April 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network)
May 8, 2014, 4:21 pm
Israel: Assad has killed with poison gas 30 times since August
Regime, which signed convention against use last summer, developing range of 'non-classic' chemical weapons, senior IDF officer says
By Mitch Ginsburg and Adiv Sterman
Syrian President Bashar Assad (center right), visits a shelter of internally displaced people in the Damascus suburb of Adra, Syria, on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (photo credit: AP)
March 14, 2014, 2:24 pm
Syria: No to negotiations, no to elections
Arab columnist blasts those who praise al-Nusra Front 'only because they fight Assad'
By Elhanan Miller
Illustrative photo of a car bombing in Syria (photo credit: AP/SANA)
March 7, 2014, 2:39 am
Car bombs in Homs, Hama kill at least 21
Blasts target minority neighborhood and security headquarters in two Syrian cities; dozens wounded
By AP
Syrian citizens fill water in a bucket to extinguish shops in flames caused by a Syrian government forces warplane attack, at al-Bab neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014 (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)
February 2, 2014, 10:01 pm
Syrian bombers pummel rebel-held areas of Aleppo
As Assad's forces inch into opposition-controlled areas, aircraft unleash a wave of airstrikes on northern city
By RYAN LUCAS
Illustrative photo of al-Qaeda-linked fighters after an attack on a Syrian army convoy in March, 2013. (screen capture: YouTube)
January 5, 2014, 3:22 pm
Split along religious-secular lines, it’s rebels vs. rebels in Syria
The Assad regime is the winner as mainstream Syrian opposition groups push back against al-Qaeda-linked rebels
By Diaa Hadid
Smoke rises after a bomb was thrown from a helicopter, hitting a rebel position during heavy fighting between troops loyal to president Bashar Assad and opposition fighters, in Idlib province, Syria Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013 ,(photo credit: AP)
October 20, 2013, 11:19 am
Car bomb kills 30 in Hama, Syria
Explosion reportedly targets government checkpoint in central city
By AP and TOI staff
A man, covered in a blanket, is helped to disembark as he arrives at the Valletta harbor, Malta after a Maltese brought 143 survivors from a capsized smugglers' boat, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Lino Arrigo Azzopardi)
October 13, 2013, 5:51 pm
Syrians in Egypt pay with lives for European dream
Civil war refugees brave the choppy waters of the Mediterranean at great personal risk
By Aya Batrawy
Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar Assad take their position during clashes against Syrian rebels, in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, May 26, 2013 (photo credit: AP Photo/SANA)
October 7, 2013, 8:44 pm
Syrian army retakes crucial road to Aleppo
Securing supply line deemed critical to retaining regime forces' presence in country's north
By Bassem Mroue
A rebel fighter fires a gun in a valley in an unidentified location in Latakia province, Syria, August 11, 2013 (photo credit: AP)
August 13, 2013, 1:55 pm
Syrian opposition fights for the coast
Morsi's detention is extended while the Lebanese growing increasingly upset with Hezbollah's control of the airport
By Elhanan Miller
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)
August 10, 2013, 7:15 pm
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
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