September 13, 2013
5:19 pm

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri (photo credit: AP/SITE Intel Group)

Al-Qaeda chief calls for attacks inside US

Ayman al-Zawahiri urges followers to ‘bleed America economically’; warns jihadist fighters in Syria not to ‘compromise’ with secular factions

By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF

September 13, 2013
1:32 am

UN inspectors are escorted by Syrian rebels in Damascus in August, 2013 (photo credit: AP/United media office of Arbeen)

UN inspectors could point to perpetrator of Syria chemical attack

Determination of delivery system and composition of chemical agent can help figure out what happened, UN diplomats say

By Edith M. Lederer

September 12, 2013
12:55 am

Syrian rebels run during heavy clashes with soldiers loyal to President Bashar Assad. (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

Syrian opposition forces feel let down by Obama

Rebels say US inaction has given Bashar Assad a second wind, as a statesman negotiating with world powers

By Barbara Surk and Zeina Karam

September 9, 2013
6:24 pm

Members of the Jabhat al-Nusra organization, which is an affiliate of al-Qaeda and one of the stronger opposition groups in Syria (Photo credit: wikicommons)

Jordan opens trial of 4 al-Qaeda-linked militants

Prosecutors say the accused undermined relations between the Hashemite Kingdom and Syria

By AP

September 8, 2013
5:39 pm

A Free Syrian army fighter during clashes with government forces, unseen, in western Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 4,2013. (photo credit: AP/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Assad forces fear rebel rampage after US strikes

From the web Syrian military units have evacuated command centers and dispersed as they brace for unstoppable American assault, Reuters reports

September 7, 2013
12:47 pm

Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar Assad take their position during clashes against Syrian rebels, in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, May 26, 2013 (photo credit: AP Photo/SANA)

Shelling near Syrian capital kills 16, activists say

Fatalities include mostly rebel fighters, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claims

By AP

September 6, 2013
6:35 am

A video released by the New York Times shows Syrian rebels about to execute stripped and bound soldiers loyal to President Bashar Assad (photo credit: @MmeLenvie via Twitter/File)

‘Stripped, bound and shot in the head’

From the web The Daily Mail exposes the horrifying fate of troops loyal to Assad, executed on-camera by Syrian rebels

September 5, 2013
10:55 am

French-Muslim fighters in Syria call for others to join jihad in recruitment video. (Photo credit: Screenshot/YouTube)

West struggles to cope with online recruitment for Syria jihad

From the web Security experts cope with disrupting flow of materials on social media sites that encourage Westerners to take up arms, Reuters reports

September 5, 2013
10:32 am

In this citizen journalism image provided by The Committee of Jabal al-Zawiyah, Jisr el-Sheghour, Maarat al-Naaman, Idlib, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Free Syrian army fighters hold their weapons as they stand on a military tank in Idlib province, Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. (Photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)

Al-Qaeda-linked Syrian rebels hit Christian village

Jabhat al-Nusra suicide bomber attacks regime checkpoint while other militants shell town; civilians take cover in convent

By Karin Laub and Zeina Karam

September 5, 2013
8:27 am

Syrian rebels running during heavy clashes with Syrian soldiers loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, in the Salah al-Din neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday, July 9, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

Pentagon may help arm Syrian rebels instead of CIA

US officials mull increased push for moderate opposition to be armed, trained via special operations

By Times of Israel staff

August 31, 2013
2:59 pm

‘Syrian rebels plan raids to exploit Western strikes’

From the web Syrian opposition commander tells Reuters that rebels have ‘plan of action’ should international intervention take place

August 24, 2013
8:49 pm

A Syrian man mourns over a dead body after an alleged poisonous gas attack fired by regime forces, according to activists, in Douma town, Damascus, Syria last week. (AP Photo/Media Office Of Douma City, File)

Aid group: 355 were killed in Syria chemical attack

3,600 reach Damascus hospitals with ‘neurotoxic symptoms’; opposition head slams lack of response by UN and int’l community

By Albert Aji and Bassem Mroue

August 24, 2013
10:32 am

US President Barack Obama (photo credit: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

US forces move closer to Syria as options weighed

Fourth warship with ballistic missiles deployed to eastern Mediterranean; Obama, Cameron agree chemical weapons use would merit ‘serious response’

By AP and Times of Israel staff

August 24, 2013
2:55 am

President Barack Obama gestures during his news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013 (photo credit: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Obama downplays American intervention in Syria

US Navy said to be prepping for possible cruise missile strikes against Assad forces; initial tests reportedly yield positive evidence for chemical weapons use