July 24, 2013
1:27 pm

A Syrian victim who suffered an alleged chemical attack at Khan al-Assal village, according to SANA, receives treatment by doctors at a hospital in Aleppo. (photo credit: AP/SANA)

UN chemical weapons team arrives in Damascus

Experts to discuss terms of a possible investigation; Syrian government seeks to block examination of certain incidents

July 24, 2013
2:47 am

Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi at the Herzliya security conference in 2012. (Photo credit: Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)

Syria is a terrorist hotbed, IDF intel chief warns

Extremists are not just trying to overthrow Assad but to set up an Islamic state on Israel’s doorstep, general warns

By Michal Shmulovich

July 23, 2013
11:14 pm

Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, greets Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., left, as he appears before the committee for a hearing to consider his reappointment to the military's highest post, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday. (photo credit: AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama’s Mideast policies open deep rifts in Congress

White House approaches to Syria and Egypt have some lawmakers offering reluctant support while others argue over funding to Cairo or a no-fly zone

By Bradley Klapper and Donna Cassata

July 23, 2013
8:17 pm

Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks via video during a conference, held in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon early May. (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah is in decline, but the EU decision won’t do much to hasten it

Europe failed to internalize that terror chiefs don’t wander around with their secret military wing membership cards in their pockets

By Avi Issacharoff

July 23, 2013
5:40 pm

Four injured Syrians brought to Safed hospital

Two girls, 8 and 15, among those transfered into Israel; rebels launch offensive in the north

By Lazar Berman and AP

July 23, 2013
2:30 pm

Fighters from the Free Syrian Army target one of the bastions of the regime’s forces in Aleppo, Syria, on Monday July 22, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Syrian rebels aim at regime supply lines in north

Al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra posts notices that any vehicle traveling on main road to Aleppo will be considered a target

July 23, 2013
1:51 pm

A Bedouin settlement in the Negev (illustrative photo credit: Alana Perino/Flash90)

Syria drubs Israel’s ‘racist’ Negev plan

Damascus overlooks deaths on its doorstep to plead for international intervention regarding a Knesset proposal to relocate Bedouin

By Gavriel Fiske

July 23, 2013
4:14 am

Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee on July 18, 2013. (photo credit: AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top US brass: Syria no-fly zone would cost $1b. a month

Joint Chiefs of Staff head Martin Dempsey tells Congress Syria intervenion would require huge manpower, amount to act of war

July 23, 2013
12:15 am

Syrian army soldiers, seen in the background, standing in front of dead bodies at Bayda village, in the mountains outside the coastal city of Banias, Syria, in May (photo credit: AP/The Syrian Revolution against Bashar Assad)

UN envoy: Syrian regime, rebels will face justice

After tour of war-torn country, official says UN is keeping track of atrocities

July 22, 2013
9:10 pm

Mossad chief Tamir Pardo (photo credit: Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)

Arab media reports pin Mossad chief in UAE

Tamir Pardo met with leading Arab officials ahead of Morsi’s ouster, according to unconfirmed claims

By Adiv Sterman and Aaron Kalman

July 22, 2013
12:54 pm

Fighting in the Yarmouk refugee camp, July 2013 (photo credit: AP)

Syria accused of gassing Palestinian refugee camp

22 reported dead at Yarmouk camp in Damascus; scores of rebels reportedly slain in battles around capital

By Gavriel Fiske and AP

July 22, 2013
4:18 am

This image, taken from leaked video obtained by Ugarit News and posted on Monday, July 15, which has been authenticated by AP, purports to show forces loyal to President Bashar Assad firing rockets into Homs, Syria. . (photo credit: AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

Syrian troops shell market, killing 20 civilians

Unclear what prompted the attack from Assad’s forces in opposition-held town; 49 rebels killed in ambush near Damascus

By Jamal Halaby and Zeina Karam

July 21, 2013
5:46 pm

Fighters of the Kurdish YPG militia, the armed wing of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), alongside the group's flag in northern Syria (photo credit: screenshot al-Jazeera video, YouTube)

Syrian Kurds release local al-Qaeda honcho

State media reports pro-Assad hackers stole information on rebels from social media sites