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Topic: Syrian protests

May 6, 2013
11:55 pm

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney addresses the media. (photo credit: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House: Assad likely behind chemical arms use

Obama spokesman reiterates Israel’s right to defend itself against weapons that could pose a threat to its civilians

April 8, 2013
5:38 pm

Iraq forces Damascus-bound Iranian plane to land

Authorities search cargo-carrier for weapons but instead find medical and humanitarian aid, Iraqi spokesman says

March 30, 2013
12:18 am

A Syrian government checkpoint on fire, in Dael, Syria, Thursday March 28 (photo credit: AP/Ugarit News)

Syrian rebels in strategic battle for south

Recent influx of weapons aiding opposition forces to make significant advances in key region

By Zeina Karam

March 25, 2013
9:55 am

Residents of Raqqa topple statue of Syrian President Bashar Assad's father and predecessor, Hafez Assad, on Monday, February 4, 2013. (photo credit: image capture from YouTube video uploaded by Norasaman9)

How Islamist rebels in Syria are ruling a fallen provincial capital

From the web Raqqa, until recently firmly in the grip of Syrian President Bashar Assad, became a bastion of opposition forces, Time Magazine reports

March 16, 2013
9:17 am

A Syrian boy waves the Syrian revolutionary flag during a commemorative celebration of the second anniversary of the Syrian revolution, in Amman, Jordan, on Friday. (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Hannon)

Syria expands use of widely banned cluster bombs, group says

Human Rights Watch: At least 156 of the devices, which scatter small bomblets, used in 119 locations in past 6 months

February 23, 2013
12:29 am

A Free Syrian Army fighter stands on a vehicle as he holds his weapon in Taftanaz village, Idlib province, northern Syria, January 3, 2013 (AP/Shaam News Network)

Syrian opposition to pick provisional PM at March 2 meeting

From the web Move aims to halt slide into chaos in regions captured by rebel forces, Reuters reports

February 22, 2013
10:10 pm

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

More than 200 kidnapped Syrian villagers released

The wave of abductions highlights how much the civil war has inflamed tensions between country’s myriad of religious groups

By Ben Hubbard

February 22, 2013
10:05 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, at UN Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, June 30 (photo credit:AP/Martial Trezzini, Keystone)

Russia-US spat dooms UN statement on Damascus bomb

Sniping between Moscow and Washington over Syria does not augur well for upcoming meeting between foreign ministers

February 7, 2013
10:28 pm

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Panetta: US backs arming Syrian opposition

Defense secretary’s statement is in contradiction to America’s previous official rhetoric on the civil war in Syria

February 4, 2013
1:25 pm

Amos Yadlin, former director of military intelligence. (photo credit: Gideon Markowicz/FLASH90)

Iran could build nuclear bomb in 4-6 months, expert says

Still, there’s time for military or diplomatic action, says former head of military intelligence, and an Israeli attack wouldn’t mean regional war

By Mitch Ginsburg

February 2, 2013
6:08 am

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, right, and Sheikh Mouaz Al-Khatib, president of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, shake hands during the Security Conference in Munich on Friday. (photo credit: Matthias Schrader/AP)

Syrian opposition: Willing to meet with regime

Mouaz al-Khatib says goal is to peacefully overthrow Bashar Assad

January 10, 2013
6:23 pm

Lakhdar Brahimi, Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, answers questions at the UN headquarters on November 29, 2012. (photo credit: AP/Richard Drew)

Syria accuses UN peace envoy of bias

FM statement blasts Lakhdar Brahimi for siding with the rebels

January 10, 2013
6:11 pm

Egyotian President Mohammed Morsi (left) shakes hands with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the NAM conference, August 30, 2012 (photo credit: AP)

Egyptian president invited to visit Tehran

Cairo talks between Morsi and Iranian FM center around the war in Syria

December 16, 2012
7:37 pm

Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meets with the speaker of the Iranian parliament, Ali Larijani, in Damascus, Syria, October 2012 (photo credit: AP/SANA)

Tehran urges immediate halt to violence in Syria

Iranian statement calls for a broad-based dialogue to form a transitional government leading to free elections

December 13, 2012
2:12 pm

Syria on verge of massacre

As Iran and Russia help pave the way for Assad to commit full-scale genocide, the world must intervene

By Ahmad Hashemi

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