November 14, 2014
8:45 am

A driver waits at the starting line of a drift race in Damascus, October 31, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Youssef Karwashan)

A respite from war as racing returns to Damascus

Motorsport fans in country marred by violence seek distraction in midst of fighting

By Rim Haddad

November 13, 2014
11:08 am

A pair of US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles fly over northern Iraq after conducting airstrikes against IS targets in Syria on Sept. 23, 2014. (photo credit: US Air Force/Senior Airman Matthew Bruch)

Obama ‘rethinking Syria strategy, wants to oust Assad’

Administration no longer believes it can defeat Islamic State in Iraq without also intensifying efforts to square Syria, including removing brutal president

By Stuart Winer

November 13, 2014
7:56 am

A Syrian Kurdish woman sits next to a tent in a factory used as a refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, on November 9, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/ARIS MESSINIS)

Syrian refugees seen running out of places to turn

With neighbors of war-torn country at ‘breaking point’ after taking in millions of fleeing civilians, report urges US and Europe to open gates

By AP

November 10, 2014
11:57 pm

A picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) meeting with United Nations special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura in Damascus on November 10, 2014. (Photo Credit: AFP PHOTO/HO/ SANA)

Assad ready to study UN plan to ‘freeze’ Aleppo fighting

Syrian president prepared to consider localized ceasefire proposal to allow humanitarian aid into embattled northern city

By AFP

November 9, 2014
2:38 pm

Emergency response teams rush to the scene of a reported barrel bomb attack by government forces in the al-Muasalat area in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on November 6, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/AMC/Tamer al-Halabi)

Syrian air raids kill at least 21 in Islamic State-held town

Planes and helicopters pound al-Bab in overnight strikes in Aleppo province

By AP

November 6, 2014
2:36 pm

A pair of US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles flying over northern Iraq early in the morning of September 23, 2014 after conducting airstrikes in Syria (Photo credit: AFP / US Air Forces Central Command via DVIDS / Senior Airman Matthew Bruch)

US airstrikes target extremist Syrian rebel groups

Moderate opposition considers jihadist groups Nusra Front, Ahrar al-Sham to be allies against Assad regime

By AP

November 4, 2014
6:54 pm

Smoke rises above from Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani, on November 2, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/ Stringer)

Heavy shelling against Islamic State reported in Kobani

Kurdish Iraqi commander who joined battle for Syrian border town says his fighters thwarted jihadists’ advance

By AFP

November 4, 2014
4:12 pm

In this Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014, photo, a woman gets her face painted before entering a Halloween party in an upscale Damascus hotel. Amid a conflict grinding well into its fourth year, Syrians have sought to deny war its miserable monotony by taking pleasure in mindless entertainment, ranging from lounging in cafes, to dancing to thumping discos. (photo credit: AP Photo/Diaa Hadid)

Syria’s well-offs seek fun as war grinds on

Country’s middle and upper class try to maintain a semblance of normality despite death all around

By Diaa Hadid

November 4, 2014
1:13 pm

Hassan Nasrallah speaks in a rare public appearance addressing thousands of his supporters ahead of the Shiite Ashura commemorations on November 3, 2014, in the Lebanese capital's southern suburbs. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO/STR)

Nasrallah: Hezbollah ready to fight Israel despite Syrian war

Shiite leader promises that rockets will again force the closure of Ben Gurion Airport during the next conflict

By Lazar Berman

November 3, 2014
9:53 pm

An image grab from Hezbollah's al-Manar TV shows Hassan Nasrallah giving a speech in a rare public appearance, Beirut, November 3, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/al-Manar)

Nasrallah makes rare public appearance in Beirut

Hezbollah chief tells supporters Sunnis, Shias are not at war, must fight Islamic State together

By AFP and Times of Israel staff

November 3, 2014
5:17 pm

Still from a video of Islamic State fighters at a training camp in Iraq. The video was posted online on October 11, 2014. (screen capture: YouTube)

Israeli sentenced to 22 months for joining Islamic State

23-year-old Ahmad Shurbaji spent three months with terror group, fought in two battles against Assad forces

By Times of Israel staff

November 3, 2014
4:27 pm

Smoke and flames billow following an explosion in the Syrian town of Kobani, October 22, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/STRINGER)

Jihadist forces massing on Turkish border

If al-Nusra Front captures key crossing, it would cut off another crucial supply line to US-backed Syrian rebels

By AP

November 3, 2014
2:30 am

In this Tuesday, October 28, 2014 photo, men stroll down a promenade in the Syrian coastal city of Tartous (photo credit: AP Photo/Diaa Hadid)

Assad’s Syria: Truncated and battered, but defiant

While life remains difficult for areas under regime control, Syrians are learning to cope with new realities

By Diaa Hadid

November 2, 2014
2:09 pm

In this Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014 photo, men stroll down a promenade in the Syrian coastal city of Tartous. (photo credit: AP/Diaa Hadid)

Four years into civil war, Syrians in regime areas soldier on

Despite soaring housing prices, power outages and long waits for doctors, regions loyal to Bashar Assad try to hang strong

By Diaa Hadid and Albert Aji

November 2, 2014
10:04 am

Syrian residents running in the street after a government warplane dropped barrel bombs on the al-Sakhour neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday, April 5, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)

Syria said to step up barrel bombings as world shifts focus

US, others more concerned with jihadists than crimes by Assad regime, rights groups and citizens say

By Serene Assir

Topic: Syrian civil war

A respite from war as racing returns to Damascus

Motorsport fans in country marred by violence seek distraction in midst of fighting

Obama ‘rethinking Syria strategy, wants to oust Assad’

Administration no longer believes it can defeat Islamic State in Iraq without also intensifying efforts to square Syria, including removing brutal president

Syrian refugees seen running out of places to turn

With neighbors of war-torn country at ‘breaking point’ after taking in millions of fleeing civilians, report urges US and Europe to open gates

Assad ready to study UN plan to ‘freeze’ Aleppo fighting

Syrian president prepared to consider localized ceasefire proposal to allow humanitarian aid into embattled northern city

Syrian air raids kill at least 21 in Islamic State-held town

Planes and helicopters pound al-Bab in overnight strikes in Aleppo province

US airstrikes target extremist Syrian rebel groups

Moderate opposition considers jihadist groups Nusra Front, Ahrar al-Sham to be allies against Assad regime

Heavy shelling against Islamic State reported in Kobani

Kurdish Iraqi commander who joined battle for Syrian border town says his fighters thwarted jihadists’ advance

Syria’s well-offs seek fun as war grinds on

Country’s middle and upper class try to maintain a semblance of normality despite death all around

Nasrallah: Hezbollah ready to fight Israel despite Syrian war

Shiite leader promises that rockets will again force the closure of Ben Gurion Airport during the next conflict

Nasrallah makes rare public appearance in Beirut

Hezbollah chief tells supporters Sunnis, Shias are not at war, must fight Islamic State together

Israeli sentenced to 22 months for joining Islamic State

23-year-old Ahmad Shurbaji spent three months with terror group, fought in two battles against Assad forces

Jihadist forces massing on Turkish border

If al-Nusra Front captures key crossing, it would cut off another crucial supply line to US-backed Syrian rebels

Assad’s Syria: Truncated and battered, but defiant

While life remains difficult for areas under regime control, Syrians are learning to cope with new realities

Four years into civil war, Syrians in regime areas soldier on

Despite soaring housing prices, power outages and long waits for doctors, regions loyal to Bashar Assad try to hang strong

Syria said to step up barrel bombings as world shifts focus

US, others more concerned with jihadists than crimes by Assad regime, rights groups and citizens say

Latest Articles

Latest Blogs

The Times of Israel on Facebook