July 26, 2013
3:13 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon before a meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York (photo credit: AP/Seth Wenig)

Syrian opposition urges US to swiftly supply weapons

Arms needed to prevent Assad’s military victory, new Syrian National Coalition head tells Kerry

July 24, 2013
2:47 am

Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi at the Herzliya security conference in 2012. (Photo credit: Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)

Syria is a terrorist hotbed, IDF intel chief warns

Extremists are not just trying to overthrow Assad but to set up an Islamic state on Israel’s doorstep, general warns

By Michal Shmulovich

July 23, 2013
2:30 pm

Fighters from the Free Syrian Army target one of the bastions of the regime’s forces in Aleppo, Syria, on Monday July 22, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Syrian rebels aim at regime supply lines in north

Al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra posts notices that any vehicle traveling on main road to Aleppo will be considered a target

July 23, 2013
12:15 am

Syrian army soldiers, seen in the background, standing in front of dead bodies at Bayda village, in the mountains outside the coastal city of Banias, Syria, in May (photo credit: AP/The Syrian Revolution against Bashar Assad)

UN envoy: Syrian regime, rebels will face justice

After tour of war-torn country, official says UN is keeping track of atrocities

July 22, 2013
4:10 pm

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

Syrian rebels capture key village near Aleppo

Victory comes as opposition forces suffer heavy losses in Damascus fighting

July 22, 2013
12:54 pm

Fighting in the Yarmouk refugee camp, July 2013 (photo credit: AP)

Syria accused of gassing Palestinian refugee camp

22 reported dead at Yarmouk camp in Damascus; scores of rebels reportedly slain in battles around capital

By Gavriel Fiske and AP

July 21, 2013
2:54 pm

A Syrian rebel fires his weapon during heavy clashes with soldiers loyal to President Bashar Assad near Aleppo International Airport on July 2, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center AMC).

Russian provincial leader says Dagestani Islamists flocking to Syria

Authorities say fighters currently with the Syrian rebels could be a destabilizing factor when they return to Russian territory

July 20, 2013
6:10 pm

Egyptian Salafis shout slogans against Syrian President Bashar Assad as one waves a Syrian revolutionary flag during a rally after the Friday prayers at Amr Ibn Al As mosque, in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday, June 14, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)

New Egyptian government to reevaluate Syria, Iran ties

Foreign minister rejects Islamists’ calls for Jihad, but stresses his country still supports overthrowing Assad regime

By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF

July 18, 2013
4:40 pm

In this citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian girls paint their faces with colors of the Syrian revolutionary flag during a fesitval, in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday March 20, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center)

UN says Syria’s war children will grow up illiterate

Special envoy Leila Zerrougui says thousands of schools destroyed, children witness to atrocities

July 17, 2013
5:20 pm

Israeli infantry soldiers on the Golan Heights, near the Syrian border (Photo credit: Flash 90)

‘Syrian gunmen’ were scrap metal collectors, IDF says

IDF troops fired across border fence late Tuesday at unidentified Syrians, who returned fire; ‘no terrorists entered Israel,’ spokesperson clarifies

By Times of Israel staff

July 16, 2013
11:56 pm

Syrian gunmen hide in unmanned IDF post; Israeli patrol shot at

Military outpost located east of the fence, in the demilitarized zone; IDF troops return fire; no injuries reported

By Times of Israel staff

July 15, 2013
10:19 am

Syrian refugees in Egypt swept up in turmoil

Tens of thousands of Syrians, once welcomed by former president Morsi, face a shifting reality

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and MARIAM RIZK

July 15, 2013
8:12 am

A rebel fighter stands guard at a checkpoint flying an Islamic banner near the front line in Aleppo, Syria. (photo credit: AP/Narciso Contreras)

US taking slow approach to arming, training Syria rebels

From the web NY Times: Washington remain wary about becoming involved in civil war, fears weapons may end up in the wrong hands

July 13, 2013
6:53 am

Security forces and civilians stand at the scene of a bombing in the Beir el-Abed, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, July 9 (photo credit: AP/Ahmed Omar)

Hezbollah’s suicide bombing tactics come back to haunt it

Last month IDF chief Benny Gantz said the fringes of Nasrallah’s cloak were on fire; today, the entire robe would seem to be burning

By Avi Issacharoff

July 13, 2013
3:01 am

Syrian rebel commander killed by gunman from rival militia

Shooting of Free Syrian Army officer by al-Qaeda-linked gunman deepens power struggle among opposition forces

By Barbara Surk and Bassem Mroue

Topic: Syrian rebels