October 5, 2015
8:59 pm

A Russian Su-30 fighterjet performs at the MAKS 2007 Air Show at Zhukovsky airfield outside Moscow, Sunday, August 26, 2007. (AP/Ivan Sekretarev)

NATO slams ‘extreme danger’ of Russia’s Turkish air incursions

The 28-member military alliance says Moscow must ‘cease and desist and immediately explain these violations’

By AFP

October 3, 2015
7:50 am

US President Barack Obama and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands while posing for a photo ahead of a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 70th session of the UN General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters on September 28, 2015 in New York. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)

Obama challenges 2016 candidates on Syria ‘mumbo jumbo’

President derides ‘half-baked’ ideas, says ‘there’s a difference between running for president and being president’

By Julie Pace

October 1, 2015
11:09 pm

Footage from the Russian Defense Ministry official web site on Thursday, October 1, 2015 a bomb explosion is seen in Syria. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service/AP)

In second day of airstrikes, Russia’s intentions questioned

Moscow admits it is not only targeting Islamic State, after US-backed rebels claim their camp was struck

By Maya Gebeily and Maria Antonova

September 30, 2015
3:22 am

Rebel fighters fire a heavy machine gun during clashes with Syrian pro-government forces on the front facing Deir al-Zoghb, a government-held area in the northwestern Idlib province, on August 31, 2015. (AFP Photo/Omar Haj Kadour)

US suspends Syria rebel training program

Pentagon says there is a ‘pause’ in new recruits, entire system aimed at fighting Islamic State now under review

By AFP

September 26, 2015
6:29 am

Illustrative photo of rebels from the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front in Idlib Province, northern Syria, January 11, 2013 (AP/Edlib News Network ENN, File)

US-trained Syrian rebels gave equipment to al-Qaeda affiliate

Development is latest blow to beleaguered American effort to equip local fighters in battle against IS, other jihadist groups

By AFP and Times of Israel staff

September 20, 2015
5:13 pm

75 US-trained rebels enter Syria to battle jihadists

Under American air cover, fighters depart from Turkey to join beleaguered US-backed Division 30 faction in fight against IS

By Maya Gebeily

September 5, 2015
10:54 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin (Alexei Druzhinin/RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin confirms Russian involvement in Syria’s civil war

President says Moscow gives Assad’s army ‘training’ and ‘logistics’; other sources cite deeper role, including troop deployment

By Times of Israel staff

August 30, 2015
9:22 pm

Islamic State fighters pass by a convoy in the town of Tel Abyad in northeast Syria, May 4, 2015. (Jihadist website via AP)

Two dozen militants killed as IS pushes into Damascus

Islamic State supporters post propaganda pictures online claiming to show group’s fighters advancing in Qadam neighborhood

By Sarah El Deeb

August 29, 2015
11:36 am

File: A picture taken on August 10, 2015, shows smoke billowing following a reported attack on a tunnel used by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in the village of Foua, in the northwestern province of Idlib. (AFP Photo/Omar Haj Kadour)

Local ceasefire between Syria regime, rebels ends

Clashes, shelling resume in three key towns, say monitoring group and mediator, after overnight talks fail

By AFP

August 22, 2015
3:36 pm

Syrians walk amid the rubble following air strikes by Syrian government forces on a marketplace in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, on August 16, 2015. (Sammer al Doumy/AFP)

Islamic State has Damascus in its crosshairs

The terror group’s advance on Syria’s capital is slow but relentless; one major incident, such as the fall of a base or a strike against a key figure, could bring about the collapse of Assad’s military system

By Avi Issacharoff

August 16, 2015
5:00 pm

Al-Nusra Front fighters in Syria (YouTube screen capture/al-Jazeera)

Al-Nusra Front frees 7 US-backed rebels in Syria

58 said killed in regime attack on market in rebel-held area of Damascus

By AP and Times of Israel staff

August 15, 2015
11:49 am

Onslaught resumes in Syrian towns as ceasefire breaks down

Syrian state television says child and her father are killed and 12 hurt in ‘terrorist shelling’ on regime-held areas of Idlib

By AFP

August 12, 2015
1:27 pm

Illustrative: Syrians walk past a building destroyed in a reported air strike by government forces on the rebel-held town of Douma, northeast of Damascus, on June 16, 2015. (AFP/Sameer Al-Doumy)

27 dead as rockets hit Damascus ahead of Iran FM’s arrival

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least another 120 people injured, and death toll is likely to rise

By AP

August 12, 2015
8:59 am

Members of Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah carry the coffin of comrade, Ali Manana, who was killed in combat alongside Syrian government forces fighting against Islamic State group jihadists in Syria's Zabadani area, during his funeral procession in Lebanon's southern village of Sarafand on August 11, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMOUD ZAYYAT)

Rebels, Hezbollah begin 48-hour truce in northwest Syria

Ceasefire takes effect along the Lebanon border, monitor says; negotiations ongoing over control of several villages

By AFP

August 10, 2015
2:07 pm

An IDF ambulance that was attacked by Druze Israeli residents in the Golan Heights as it ferried Syrian war casualties into Israel for medical treatment, June 22, 2015. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

2 Golan Druze indicted for lynching wounded Syrians

Mother-of-four and man accused of killing one Syrian civil war casualty and gravely injuring another en route to the hospital

By Avi Lewis

Topic: Syrian rebels

NATO slams ‘extreme danger’ of Russia’s Turkish air incursions

The 28-member military alliance says Moscow must ‘cease and desist and immediately explain these violations’

Obama challenges 2016 candidates on Syria ‘mumbo jumbo’

President derides ‘half-baked’ ideas, says ‘there’s a difference between running for president and being president’

In second day of airstrikes, Russia’s intentions questioned

Moscow admits it is not only targeting Islamic State, after US-backed rebels claim their camp was struck

US suspends Syria rebel training program

Pentagon says there is a ‘pause’ in new recruits, entire system aimed at fighting Islamic State now under review

US-trained Syrian rebels gave equipment to al-Qaeda affiliate

Development is latest blow to beleaguered American effort to equip local fighters in battle against IS, other jihadist groups

75 US-trained rebels enter Syria to battle jihadists

Under American air cover, fighters depart from Turkey to join beleaguered US-backed Division 30 faction in fight against IS

Putin confirms Russian involvement in Syria’s civil war

President says Moscow gives Assad’s army ‘training’ and ‘logistics’; other sources cite deeper role, including troop deployment

Two dozen militants killed as IS pushes into Damascus

Islamic State supporters post propaganda pictures online claiming to show group’s fighters advancing in Qadam neighborhood

Local ceasefire between Syria regime, rebels ends

Clashes, shelling resume in three key towns, say monitoring group and mediator, after overnight talks fail

Islamic State has Damascus in its crosshairs

The terror group’s advance on Syria’s capital is slow but relentless; one major incident, such as the fall of a base or a strike against a key figure, could bring about the collapse of Assad’s military system

Al-Nusra Front frees 7 US-backed rebels in Syria

58 said killed in regime attack on market in rebel-held area of Damascus

Onslaught resumes in Syrian towns as ceasefire breaks down

Syrian state television says child and her father are killed and 12 hurt in ‘terrorist shelling’ on regime-held areas of Idlib

27 dead as rockets hit Damascus ahead of Iran FM’s arrival

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least another 120 people injured, and death toll is likely to rise

Rebels, Hezbollah begin 48-hour truce in northwest Syria

Ceasefire takes effect along the Lebanon border, monitor says; negotiations ongoing over control of several villages

2 Golan Druze indicted for lynching wounded Syrians

Mother-of-four and man accused of killing one Syrian civil war casualty and gravely injuring another en route to the hospital

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