March 14, 2014
3:05 pm

UN-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi speaks during a news conference after closing the second round of negotiation between the Syrian government and the opposition at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, February 15, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)

Syria says UN envoy ‘exceeded authority’ in vote plan criticism

Lakhdar Brahimi had slammed parliament approval of law that would bar exiled opposition members from running for president

By AFP

March 14, 2014
10:59 am

This undated image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 shows fighters from the al-Qaeda linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Raqqa, Syria. (photo credit: AP/militant website)

German held over alleged Syria terror links

Man identified only as Kreshnik B. is suspected of fighting with an al-Qaeda breakaway group

By AP

March 14, 2014
10:15 am

Palestinians are evacuated from the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, Syria, on February 2, 2014. (photo credit: UNRWA/AFP)

Assad is starving Palestinians to death in a Syrian camp, and nobody cares

150,000 used to live in Yarmouk, now there are 20,000; Israel worries about the Golan, where Islamists control much of the border area

By Avi Issacharoff

March 13, 2014
6:56 pm

UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi listens during a press briefing at the UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 24, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Anja Niedringhaus)

UN mediator says Damascus ‘delaying’ peace talks

Lakhdar Brahimi reportedly says Assad’s reelection, likely to occur this year, would complicate peace efforts

By AFP

March 13, 2014
1:06 pm

Rebels stand on the back of a pick-up truck driving through the eastern Syrian town of Deir Ezzor on March 10, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Ahmed Aboud)

Devastated by war, Syrian economy propped up by allies

With country in tatters, ‘robbery, kidnappings, checkpoints and control over oil fields’ are new sources of income

By AFP

March 12, 2014
4:17 pm

A Syrian woman carrying children following airstrikes on a rebel area of the war-torn northern city of Aleppo. December 15, 2013. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED AL-KHATIEB)

No solutions in sight as Syria war enters fourth year

Crisis in Ukraine threatens to take international focus off of the devastated country

By AFP

March 12, 2014
2:10 pm

In this photo released on the official Facebook page of Syrian Presidency, Syrian president Bashar Assad, center left, visits a shelter of internally displaced people in the Damascus suburb of Adra, Syria, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (photo credit: AP)

Syria’s Assad pays rare visit to tense area

President makes first public appearance outside of Damascus since August

By AP

March 12, 2014
8:17 am

Thousands of Syrian refugees crossing into Iraq on August 15, 2013. (photo credit: AP/HO)

UN refugee czar warns world powers not to forget Syria

From the web Antonio Guterres says neglecting the Syrian conflict could lead to global ‘total disaster,’ according to Reuters

March 11, 2014
10:41 pm

Veiled Syrian women wait with their children for vaccinations against polio at one of the Syrian refugee camps in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon. November 7, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)

UN: 5.5 million Syrian children affected by war

More than half of the country’s kids suffer from malnutrition, illness, trauma, and insufficient education

By RYAN LUCAS

March 11, 2014
7:53 am

This file photo shows veiled Syrian women waiting with their children for vaccinations against polio at one of the Syrian refugee camps in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, in November 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Syrian health care said to be on brink of collapse

NGO report describes ‘desperate’ and ‘harrowing’ conditions, especially for wounded or sick children

By Barbara Surk

March 10, 2014
5:13 pm

A tank on a street in the town of Zara, in the province of Homs, during fighting between Syrian forces and rebels, Saturday, March 8, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/STR)

Canadian journalist killed in Syria

Opposition forces say photographer Ali Mustafa, along with 14 others, died as air force barrel-bombed Aleppo

By AFP

March 10, 2014
3:50 pm

A group of nuns who were freed after being held by rebels greet church officials at the Syrian border town of Jdeidat Yabous, early Monday, March 10, 2014 (Photo credit: AP/SANA)

Nuns freed after hostage ordeal arrive in Damascus

13 women given warm welcome at local church, say they were treated well by Syrian rebel captors

By Albert Aji and Diaa Hadid

March 10, 2014
9:00 am

Pro-government fighters hold the Syrian flag as they pose for a photo in the village of al-Sahel, near Yabroud on March 4, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/STR)

Rebels say 120 Hezbollah troops killed in key Syria battle

Fight for strategic stronghold of Yabroud yields high casualty count for Lebanese Shiite group, watchdog reports

By Times of Israel staff

March 10, 2014
1:49 am

A group of kidnapped nuns appears in a video broadcast by Al Jazeera in early December (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)

Syrian rebels free nuns held since December

Release of 16 women is a rare successful prisoner exchange deal between the Assad regime and its extremist foes

By Albert Aji and HUSSEIN MALLA

March 7, 2014
4:04 pm

An IAF F-16 (illustrative photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit/Flash90)

Israel scrambles jets to Syrian border

IAF deploys after Syrian planes said firing on rebel positions in the area

By Times of Israel staff

Topic: Syrian civil war

Syria says UN envoy ‘exceeded authority’ in vote plan criticism

Lakhdar Brahimi had slammed parliament approval of law that would bar exiled opposition members from running for president

German held over alleged Syria terror links

Man identified only as Kreshnik B. is suspected of fighting with an al-Qaeda breakaway group

Assad is starving Palestinians to death in a Syrian camp, and nobody cares

150,000 used to live in Yarmouk, now there are 20,000; Israel worries about the Golan, where Islamists control much of the border area

UN mediator says Damascus ‘delaying’ peace talks

Lakhdar Brahimi reportedly says Assad’s reelection, likely to occur this year, would complicate peace efforts

Devastated by war, Syrian economy propped up by allies

With country in tatters, ‘robbery, kidnappings, checkpoints and control over oil fields’ are new sources of income

No solutions in sight as Syria war enters fourth year

Crisis in Ukraine threatens to take international focus off of the devastated country

Syria’s Assad pays rare visit to tense area

President makes first public appearance outside of Damascus since August

UN refugee czar warns world powers not to forget Syria

From the web Antonio Guterres says neglecting the Syrian conflict could lead to global ‘total disaster,’ according to Reuters

UN: 5.5 million Syrian children affected by war

More than half of the country’s kids suffer from malnutrition, illness, trauma, and insufficient education

Syrian health care said to be on brink of collapse

NGO report describes ‘desperate’ and ‘harrowing’ conditions, especially for wounded or sick children

Canadian journalist killed in Syria

Opposition forces say photographer Ali Mustafa, along with 14 others, died as air force barrel-bombed Aleppo

Nuns freed after hostage ordeal arrive in Damascus

13 women given warm welcome at local church, say they were treated well by Syrian rebel captors

Rebels say 120 Hezbollah troops killed in key Syria battle

Fight for strategic stronghold of Yabroud yields high casualty count for Lebanese Shiite group, watchdog reports

Syrian rebels free nuns held since December

Release of 16 women is a rare successful prisoner exchange deal between the Assad regime and its extremist foes

Israel scrambles jets to Syrian border

IAF deploys after Syrian planes said firing on rebel positions in the area

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