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Topic: Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces

April 12, 2013
3:33 am

Destroyed homes in a government airstrike and shelling, in the neighborhood of Marjeh in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, April 11, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center)

Syrian troops launch counterattack on south

‘They slaughtered any person they found,’ says rebel activist of regime offensive on Sanamein

By Bassem Mroue

February 14, 2013
2:19 pm

Syrian rebels stand in the rubble of buildings damaged by government airstrikes, in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, February 13, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

Russia, US renew Syria peace efforts

Desperate for conflict resolution, neighboring Arab countries take sides; Hezbollah planning ‘to destroy all of Tel Aviv’

By Michael Bassin

December 29, 2012
11:43 am

In this Nov. 29, 2012 file photo, Lakhdar Brahimi, Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, answers media questions after consultations at United Nations headquarters. (Photo credit: AP/Richard Drew)

UN peace envoy and Russian FM push for speedy, Syrian-led resolution to crisis

150 killed in fighting Friday; only choices are ‘hell or a political process,’ warns Brahimi while Lavrov calls opposition’s refusal to negotiate with Assad ‘a dead end’

By Michal Shmulovich and AP

December 28, 2012
4:31 pm

Muslim cleric Mouaz al-Khatib, poses for a photo after after he was elected president of the newly formed Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces, in Doha, Qatar (photo credit: AP/Osama Faisal)

Syrian rebel leader snubs Russian FM’s overtures for talks

‘If we don’t represent the Syrian people, why is he inviting us?’ asks head of opposition, calls on Moscow to demand Assad step down before negotiations

By AP and Michal Shmulovich

December 13, 2012
1:24 pm

Supporters of President Mohammed Morsi with the Egyptian national flag painted on their hands, flash victory signs as one holds a copy of Egypt's draft constitution, right, during a demonstration, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. (photo credit: AP/Hassan Ammar)

Egyptian opposition takes on Morsi; says ‘Yes’ to referendum, ‘No’ to constitution

Syrian rebels gain wide international recognition, but not one weapon

By Michael Bassin

December 10, 2012
7:49 pm

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Germany expels Syrian diplomats

FM says the move is a ‘clear sign that we are reducing relations with the Assad government to an absolute minimum’

November 17, 2012
12:54 am

Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague shakes hands for the cameras with head of the new Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces Mouaz al-Khatib before a meeting on the continuing conflict in Syria on Friday Nov. 16 (photo credit: AP/John Stillwell)

European nations to debate lifting Syria arms embargo

British foreign secretary meets in London with new opposition head

November 14, 2012
2:17 am

Muslim cleric Mouaz al-Khatib (right) is congratulated after being elected president of the newly formed Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces, in Doha, Qatar, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (photo credit: Osama Faisal/AP)

New opposition head gives renewed hope to Syrians

Moderate religious figure Mouaz al-Khatib could counter the growing influence of Islamic extremists in the rebellion against Assad

By Zeina Karam

November 12, 2012
1:38 am

Syrian refugees who fled the violence in their hometowns line up to fill plastic containers with water at a displaced persons camp near the Turkish border last month (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

Syrian opposition groups forge unity deal in Doha

Delegates elect Islamic preacher president of new coalition, which will include activists from inside Syria and rebel commanders

By Abdullah Rebhy