May 18, 2013
9:08 am

Emir of Qatar Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, center, attends the opening session of the Arab League Summit in Doha, Qatar on Tuesday (photo credit: AP/Ghiath Mohamad)

How Qatar seized control of the Syrian revolution

From the web Doha has poured at least $1 billion into backing the rebels, gaining influence for a post-Assad era, according to the Financial Times

May 13, 2013
9:12 pm

Anti-Syrian regime protesters holding a banner in the remains of a building, during a demonstration at Kafr Nabil in Idlib province, northern Syria, May 12. (AP/Union of Homs Districts)

Syrian opposition hedges on peace conference

‘It is still early to make a decision,’ says Syrian National Coalition head; British PM says Russia understands need to stabilize region

April 23, 2013
5:21 pm

Greek Foreign Minister Dimitrios Avramopoulos (center) talks to US Secretary of State John Kerry (right) and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, April 23 (photo credit: Yves Logghe/AP)

Kerry: NATO needs plan for Syrian chemical weapons

Top diplomat says alliance should prepare to respond and protect citizens if situation deteriorates

April 22, 2013
12:40 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry, center, and members of the Friends of Syria group during a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, April 20, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Hakan Goktepe)

Syria: Opposition chief Khatib calls it quits

Disgruntled leader resigns over Western refusal to provide weapons; Saudi says he’s found site of Noah’s flood

By Michael Bassin

April 21, 2013
8:03 pm

Syrian rebels battle Hezbollah operatives near Qusayr, February 2013. (photo credit: screen capture Muslim Voice/YouTube)

Syrian opposition warns Hezbollah to stay out

Iranian official says US-led battle to topple Bashar Assad has failed

April 14, 2013
2:51 pm

Egyptian medics and army personnel escort former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from a helicopter ambulance, after it landed at Maadi Military Hospital, following a hearing in his retrial in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, on April 13, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)

Egypt: Mubarak finally smiles

Judge resigns at opening session of former president’s retrial; interim Syrian opposition PM accepting CVs for government posts

By Michael Bassin

April 10, 2013
6:29 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, walks with British Foreign Secretary William Hague in London in February. The two leaders are taking part in a G8 foreign ministers meeting Wednesday and Thursday, also in London. (photo credit: AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

North Korea, Syria to dominate G8 foreign ministers summit

Syrian opposition to meet ministers on sidelines of London talks; US Senators look to China to engage Pyongyang over its recent behavior

By Michal Shmulovich and AP

March 31, 2013
11:56 am

Ghassan Hitto, the Syrian opposition's newly elected interim prime minister, center, is congratulated by other members after a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday (photo credit: AP)

From Dallas to Damascus: The ‘straight shooter’ who could replace Assad

From the web Ghassan Hitto, a former telecom executive who has taken over as PM of the opposition interim government, seen as Muslim Brotherhood’s man

March 20, 2013
12:07 am

Meet Ghassan Hitto, the Syrian rebels’ leader

Welcomed by the US, newly elected interim PM also faces criticism from within opposition forces

By Ben Hubbard

February 24, 2013
8:04 pm

George Sabra, head of the main Syrian opposition bloc in exile, the Syrian National Council, on November 10, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Osama Faisal)

Hezbollah occupying areas of Syria, rebels claim

Opposition leader George Sabra calls on the Arab League to take steps against the Iranian-backed militia’s intervention in civil war

By Ilan Ben Zion and Agam Rafaeli

February 18, 2013
4:08 am

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks to supporters (photo credit: Ferran Queved/propaimages/Flash90 File photo)

Syrian rebels pan Hezbollah ‘military intervention’

Fighters from the Lebanese group caused ‘civilian casualties and the exodus of hundreds of people’ near Homs, opposition says

By Times of Israel staff

February 14, 2013
11:24 pm

Mourners walk past open graves at a cemetery during a funeral for four people killed in a raid by government forces in a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, April 7, 2012 (photo credit: AP)

Kerry says 90,000 killed in Syria

Figure, cited by Saudi foreign minister, is well beyond 70,000 estimated by UN human rights chief earlier this week

By Philip Podolsky and AP

February 12, 2013
8:28 pm

A man carries a body among ruins in the Syrian city of Aleppo, Sunday (photo credit: Aleppo Media Center AMC/AP)

Syria death toll is probably near 70,000, UN says

Organization’s human rights chief says almost 10,000 people killed in recent weeks

By AP and Times of Israel staff

February 12, 2013
3:24 pm

A Free Syrian Army fighter walks past destroyed shops in Aleppo, Syria, on Friday, February 8, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Abdullah Al-Yassin)

Syrian oppositionists escape death

Tunisia’s prime minister receives a blow after his proposal for a technocrat government is shot down by party

By Elhanan Miller

February 4, 2013
10:49 pm

A Syrian man carries a child's body after a government airstrike hit the neighborhood of Ansari, in Aleppo, Syria on Sunday, February 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Abdullah al-Yassin)

Syrian rebel leader urges Assad to negotiation table

Mouaz al-Khatib’s offer to facilitate regime’s peaceful departure contrasts previous demands for Assad to resign before talks

By Albert Aji and Bassem Mroue

Topic: Syrian National Council