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Topic: Syrian humanitarian crisis

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March 24, 2013
11:00 am

View of the Golan Heights from Kuneitra (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

IDF fires missile into Syria after more cross-border shooting

Syrian outpost completely destroyed, leaving two wounded; defense minister warns of no-tolerance approach to attacks

By Times of Israel staff and AP

March 23, 2013
9:39 pm

IDF patrol convoy hit by rifle fire in Golan Heights

No casualties reported, but damage caused to several vehicles; still unclear if shooting was deliberate

March 23, 2013
7:32 pm

US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a welcoming ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport on March 20, 2013. (photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)

Netanyahu: Syrian chaos necessitated my apology to Turkey

PM says Jerusalem and Ankara must be able to talk about regional challenges, adds Obama visit gave him the impetus to phone Erdogan

By Yifa Yaakov

March 23, 2013
6:11 pm

A portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sits on a table before a press conference by Buthaina Shaaban, special envoy of the President, in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 8, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Altaf Qadri)

Momentum weakened for Syrian president’s ouster

Beyond threats of military intervention, there is growing consensus that little can be done to put new pressure on Assad

By Lara Jakes

March 16, 2013
7:56 pm

Syrian army pushes back rebels (Photo by Hamad Almakt/Flash90)

High-ranking Syrian general defects from army

Maj. Gen. Mohammed Ezz al-Din Khalouf says that morale in Assad’s army is low and that many have lost faith in the regime

By Ben Hubbard

March 16, 2013
6:33 pm

At least 17 killed in fighting in northern, eastern Syria

Rebels set off a powerful car bomb near a high-rise in Deir el-Zour and forces loyal to Assad retaliate as conflict enters its third year

By Karin Laub

March 12, 2013
1:55 pm

Shimon Peres addresses the European Parliament, March 12 (photo credit: EU screenshot)

World must limit Iran’s missile capacity, Peres tells EU

Addressing European parliament in Strasbourg, president demands that Hezbollah be branded a terror group, urges Arab League intervention in Syria

By Raphael Ahren

March 9, 2013
3:01 pm

‘Indian-origin jihadis’ fighting in Syria against Assad regime

From the web Times of India: Assad adviser urges India to take on a more proactive role in ending the conflict by supporting Russia and China’s stance

March 1, 2013
6:02 pm

Croatian President Ivo Josipovic. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Croatia to pull its troops from Golan Heights

Leaders in Zagreb concerned that reports of use of Balkan weapons by rebels may jeopardize UNDOF’s Croatian contingent

By DARKO BANDIC

February 28, 2013
11:43 am

Syrian refugees carry their belongings near the Syrian border in Jordan, Jan. 9, 2013. (photo credit:AP/Mohammad Hannon)

Syrian humanitarian crisis out of hand, group says

British organization Oxfam warns that UN’s ‘worst-case scenario’ could be a matter of weeks

February 27, 2013
9:55 am

A sign warns of mines near the Syrian border with Israel in the Golan Heights. (photo credit: Flash90)

Israel returns six wounded to Syria, one remains

IDF says men completed treatment and crossed border at an undisclosed location; last member of group still in hospital

By Gabe Fisher and AP

February 26, 2013
12:21 am

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem (photo credit: AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)

Syrian FM: Damascus prepared to talk with rebels

In Moscow, Walid al-Moallem extends olive branch to insurgents in first sign of regime’s willingness to negotiate end to conflict

By RYAN LUCAS

February 24, 2013
6:15 am

Syrian civilians searching through the debris of destroyed buildings in the aftermath of a strike by Syrian government forces, in the neighborhood of Jabal Bedro, Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday Feb. 19 (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center)

US sharply condemns Syrian army attacks on Aleppo

‘The Assad regime has no legitimacy and remains in power only through brute force,’ says State Department spokeswoman; Kerry embarks on nine-country tour

By Times of Israel staff

February 21, 2013
12:18 am

Illustrative photo of Lebanese Army soldiers patrolling during October clashes between supporters and opponents of the Syrian regime, in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli (photo credit: AP/Bilal Hussein)

Judge indicts Lebanese, Syrian officials in bomb plot

Charges state that former minister moved explosives from Syria to Lebanon in his personal car

February 20, 2013
6:57 pm

Red Cross visits Syrians hospitalized in Israel

Seven were taken in across the border after being injured in their country’s civil war

By Adiv Sterman

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