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Topic: Syrian opposition

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December 30, 2012
7:57 am

A mass burial in Syria on Saturday from a video uploaded by the Local Coordination Committees (photo credit: screen capture/Youtube)

Syria sees bloodiest day since conflict’s start as nearly 400 reported killed

Rebel groups report 220 executed by army outside Homs; diplomats meet in Moscow

By AP and Gabe Fisher

December 29, 2012
11:29 pm

Pro-Syrian regime protesters hold a banner in Arabic that reads, 'Thanks Russia,' as they cheer a convoy believed to be transporting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Damascus, February 7 (photo credit: AP/Muzaffar Salman)

Assad just won’t go, says Russian FM, and there is ‘no possibility to change this position’

Sergey Lavrov rejects opposition claims that Russia’s continuing weapons supplies to Damascus regime make it responsible for mass killings

December 29, 2012
3:25 am

Syrian President Bashar Assad in an interview on Syrian television in August (photo credit: image capture from YouTube, AntiQadseya002)

Syrian leader Assad said to be isolated, fearful as regime faces collapse

From the web The Washington Post: Intelligence officials say the Damascus dictator has ceased going outdoors during daylight hours for fear of sniper attacks

December 26, 2012
10:36 pm

Neck and neck with the greatest tyrants of the 20th century? Syrian President Bashar Assad (photo credit: Shutterstock)

French name Assad ‘man of the year’

Syrian president and ‘long-necked ophthalmologist’ joins likes of Hitler, Stalin among ruthless despots to get year-end accolades

By Raphael Ahren

December 18, 2012
8:22 am

UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Baroness Valerie Amos (photo credit: courtesy/UN)

UN to step up contact with Syrian opposition on aid work

Humanitarian chief says she asked government to allow import of fuel, entry of 10 more international organizations

December 13, 2012
2:31 am

Syrian filmmaker Joud Said, center, works on a film set in Damascus, Syria, in November 2011 (photo credit: AP/Nora Fahham)

Civil war splits Syria’s artists

Three films funded by government grants pulled from Dubai film festival, producers claim decision was politically motivated

By Ben Hubbard

December 12, 2012
4:33 pm

A Free Syrian Army fighter points his weapon as he watches a Syrian Army jet, not pictured, in Fafeen village, north of Aleppo province, Syria, on Tuesday, December 11, 2012. (photo credit: AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Syrian opposition calls for ‘real support,’ not just recognition

Bread and medical supplies not enough to topple the Assad regime, Marrakech summit told

By Paul Schemm

December 11, 2012
1:30 pm

A fighter belonging to the Syrian opposition forces looks and waits for regime troops (photo credit: Mustafa Karali/AP)

US ready for increased ties with Syrian rebels

Obama administration reportedly on track to recognize new opposition council as sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people

By Matthew Lee

December 10, 2012
11:48 pm

Footage from a video that purportedly shows a bombing carried out by Jabhat al-Nusra in Damascus in August (photo credit: YouTube screen capture)

US to brand Syrian opposition group as terrorists

State Department calls Jabhat al-Nusra ‘little more than a front for al-Qaeda in Iraq’

By AP and Ilan Ben Zion

December 10, 2012
6:38 am

Michael Oren, Israel's ambassador to the United States (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

Chemical weapons in Hezbollah hands would be a ‘game changer,’ envoy to US warns

Friends of Syria conference set to kick off in Morocco without Clinton, who stays home with a stomach flu

By Yoel Goldman and AP

December 10, 2012
3:06 am

Syrian children wait in line for food distribution at a refugee camp near the Turkish border, in Azaz, Syria, on Sunday (photo credit: AP/Manu Brabo)

Syria conflict spills into Lebanon, leaving 4 dead

Nine officers of the judiciary defect to opposition

By Barbara Surk

December 9, 2012
12:58 pm

A rebel fighter throws a grenade toward Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar Assad during clashes in Aleppo, Syria, on Friday, Dec. 7 (photo credit: AP/Narciso Contreras)

German spy chief: Signs show Assad regime is in its final phase

Government forces concentrating on holding capital, rebels better coordinated, says Gerhard Schindler

December 6, 2012
3:20 pm

An injured Egyptian anti-government protester waits for medical care during clashes between supporters of president Mohammed Morsi and their rivals in front of the president palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Nasser Nasser)

Egypt devolves into a ‘Molotov’ battlefield

Syria, Lebanon also experience unrest

By Michael Bassin

December 4, 2012
6:42 pm

Former Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman (photo credit: Youtube image grab)

Syrian oppositionist: Mubarak’s intelligence chief was killed in Damascus

Haitham Malah claims Omar Suleiman was in Syria to discuss chemical weapons

By Elhanan Miller

December 3, 2012
1:14 am

Syrian rebel fighters of “The Beloved of Allah” brigade carry their weapons before battling government forces on the outskirts of Aleppo in November (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

Syria conflict transforms civilian protesters to hardline Islamist fighters

‘Our only allegiance is to Allah,’ says leader of rebel brigade