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

January 31, 2013
2:41 am

Syrian opposition coalition leader Sheikh Mouaz Al-Khatib (photo credit: Youtube image grab)

Syria opposition leader willing to talk to government

Remarks by Moaz al-Khatib mark a clear departure from the rebels’ previous line, which demanded Assad first step down

December 7, 2012
5:41 pm

Stop Assad before he uses chemical weapons, Syria’s opposition leader implores international community

President ‘would not hesitate to commit such atrocities, warns George Sabra, urging soldiers to defect

By Ilan Ben Zion

November 13, 2012
11:29 pm

Syrian regime opponent George Sabra attends the Syrian National Council's Executive Office elections in Doha, Qatar, on Friday. He won the post of president. (photo credit: AP Photo/Osama Faisal)

US, France recognize Syrian opposition as ‘legitimate representative’ of the people

Western countries join Gulf states in support of broad anti-Assad coalition

By Aaron Kalman and AP

November 13, 2012
10:06 am

In this file photo from October 2012, Syrian rebel fighters belonging to the Liwa al-Tawhid unit pose after several days of intense clashes in Aleppo (photo credit: AP Photo/Narciso Contreras, File)

Newly unified, Syrian rebels seek arms while government forces have ‘more than enough weapons’

‘As long as Bashar Assad has the money to pay his military, it will keep fighting,’ says analyst

By Brian Murphy and Elizabeth A. Kennedy

November 12, 2012
5:28 pm

A general outdoor view of Jordan’s Palace of Justice in Amman Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. In the building, a criminal court sentenced Jordan’s ex-intelligence chief Mohammed al-Dahabi to 13 years and 3 months in jail for embezzlement of public funds, money laundering and abuse of office (photo credit: AP/Raad Adayleh)

A Syrian coalition is born

Jordan’s former security chief goes to jail and a liberal Egyptian politician is sued by country’s Islamists