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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
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Writer: Bassem Mroue

May 22, 2013
7:30 pm

A Syrian man checks his destroyed house, damaged by a Syrian forces air strike in the town of Qusair, near the Lebanon border, Homs province, Syria, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP/Qusair Lens)

Syrian opposition urges rebels to join key battle

Leaders call for fighters to ‘rescue’ strategic town near Lebanon border under assault by Assad troops for fourth straight day

By Bassem Mroue

May 14, 2013
11:13 pm

A Lebanese army soldier passes in front of Syrian flag, in the predominantly Alawite neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Bilal Hussein)

Attacks against Lebanese Alawites deepen fears

Specter of Syrian civil war spilling into Lebanon rises as wave of violence against Assad’s sect crashes over northern town

By Bassem Mroue

May 11, 2013
6:40 pm

Syrian rebels, Assad forces fight over key roads

Insurgents and government troops struggle in turn to secure major highways linking Damascus to other cities

By Bassem Mroue

May 8, 2013
5:31 pm

Armed men stand near the wreckage of a military helicopter, left, in Deir el-Zour, Syria, on May 5. 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Syrian troops push into strategic southern town

Internet and cellphones down throughout the country

By Bassem Mroue

April 24, 2013
5:22 pm

Grenade wounds 7 Palestinian kids in Lebanon

Munition left over from 2007 fighting between the Lebanese army and Islamist militants in the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp

By Bassem Mroue

April 15, 2013
8:02 am

In this Friday, April 12, 2013 photo, members of the Lebanese pro-Syrian Popular Committees pose for a photograph at the Lebanon-Syria border, near the northeastern Lebanese town of al-Qasr, Lebanon. (photo credit:AP/Bilal Hussein)

Hezbollah-backed fighters stepping up role in Syrian civil war

War between Damascus regime and rebels is spreading across the region as a battle between Shiite and Sunni factions

By Bassem Mroue

April 14, 2013
11:43 pm

Lebanese pro-Syrian Popular Committees fighters near the northeastern Lebanese town of al-Qasr, Lebanon.(photo credit: AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Hezbollah-backed Lebanese fighting in Syria

Report confirms powerful Lebanese militant group is playing a growing role in the civil war just across the border

By Bassem Mroue

April 12, 2013
3:33 am

Destroyed homes in a government airstrike and shelling, in the neighborhood of Marjeh in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, April 11, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center)

Syrian troops launch counterattack on south

‘They slaughtered any person they found,’ says rebel activist of regime offensive on Sanamein

By Bassem Mroue

April 2, 2013
11:39 pm

Syrian government warplanes and artillery pounded Damascus and its suburbs Tuesday April 2, as rebels in the northern city of Aleppo launched an operation that aims to free hundreds of political detainees from the city's central prison, activists said. (photo credit: AP/Shaam News Network)

Syrian forces pound rebel-held areas of Damascus

As civil war continues to ravage the country’s major cities, situation on volatile border with Israel deteriorates

By Bassem Mroue

February 16, 2013
3:23 pm

Anti-regime protesters hold a caricature placard during a demonstration in Idlib province, Syria, on Friday (photo credit: AP/Edlib News Network ENN)

Syria: Hundreds taken in tit-for-tat kidnappings

Pro-Assad gunmen seize over 300 people in Sunni-majority Idlib province, presumably in retaliation for abduction of 42 Shi’ites

By Bassem Mroue

February 12, 2013
1:39 am

A statue of Hafez Assad, father of Syrian President Bashar Assad, burns after being set on fire by rebel fighters inside the grounds of the General Company of the Euphrates Dam in Al-Raqqa, Syria, Monday, Feb. 11 (photo credit: AP/Ugarit News)

Rebels gain control of Syria’s water flow

Islamist group captures country’s largest dam, enables work to carry on undisturbed

By Bassem Mroue

February 9, 2013
11:36 am

Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, stands next to Syrian Defense Minister Gen. Dawoud Rajha, right, and Chief of Staff Gen. Fahed al-Jasem el-Freij, left, during a ceremony to mark the 38th anniversary of the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war, in Damascus, Syria, last year (photo credit: AP Photo/SANA)

Syrian president reshuffles economic cabinet posts

Amid power shortages and other ravages, Assad names new oil, finance, social affairs ministers; security posts unchanged

By Albert Aji and Bassem Mroue

February 4, 2013
10:49 pm

A Syrian man carries a child's body after a government airstrike hit the neighborhood of Ansari, in Aleppo, Syria on Sunday, February 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Abdullah al-Yassin)

Syrian rebel leader urges Assad to negotiation table

Mouaz al-Khatib’s offer to facilitate regime’s peaceful departure contrasts previous demands for Assad to resign before talks

By Albert Aji and Bassem Mroue

January 22, 2013
9:57 pm

Fuel shortages in Syria have people buying diesel and gasoline at the side of a street in the village of Atmeh, near the Turkish border (photo credit: Khalil Hamra/AP)

As fighting rages, Syrian economy faces collapse

Massive blackouts and shortages hit the war-torn country, leaving people to freeze and starve

By Bassem Mroue

January 22, 2013
6:16 pm

A group of Russian citizens ride a bus shortly after crossing the border from Syria into Lebanon at the Masnaa border crossing Tuesday, Lebanon, Jan. 22, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Bilal Hussein)

Russia begins evacuating its citizens from Syria

Four buses of women and children cross into Lebanon en route to Moscow; official says ‘no plan’ for a full exodus

By Bassem Mroue

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Writer: Bassem Mroue

Syrian opposition urges rebels to join key battle

Leaders call for fighters to ‘rescue’ strategic town near Lebanon border under assault by Assad troops for fourth straight day

Attacks against Lebanese Alawites deepen fears

Specter of Syrian civil war spilling into Lebanon rises as wave of violence against Assad’s sect crashes over northern town

Syrian rebels, Assad forces fight over key roads

Insurgents and government troops struggle in turn to secure major highways linking Damascus to other cities

Syrian troops push into strategic southern town

Internet and cellphones down throughout the country

Grenade wounds 7 Palestinian kids in Lebanon

Munition left over from 2007 fighting between the Lebanese army and Islamist militants in the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp

Hezbollah-backed fighters stepping up role in Syrian civil war

War between Damascus regime and rebels is spreading across the region as a battle between Shiite and Sunni factions

Hezbollah-backed Lebanese fighting in Syria

Report confirms powerful Lebanese militant group is playing a growing role in the civil war just across the border

Syrian troops launch counterattack on south

‘They slaughtered any person they found,’ says rebel activist of regime offensive on Sanamein

Syrian forces pound rebel-held areas of Damascus

As civil war continues to ravage the country’s major cities, situation on volatile border with Israel deteriorates

Syria: Hundreds taken in tit-for-tat kidnappings

Pro-Assad gunmen seize over 300 people in Sunni-majority Idlib province, presumably in retaliation for abduction of 42 Shi’ites

Rebels gain control of Syria’s water flow

Islamist group captures country’s largest dam, enables work to carry on undisturbed

Syrian president reshuffles economic cabinet posts

Amid power shortages and other ravages, Assad names new oil, finance, social affairs ministers; security posts unchanged

Syrian rebel leader urges Assad to negotiation table

Mouaz al-Khatib’s offer to facilitate regime’s peaceful departure contrasts previous demands for Assad to resign before talks

As fighting rages, Syrian economy faces collapse

Massive blackouts and shortages hit the war-torn country, leaving people to freeze and starve

Russia begins evacuating its citizens from Syria

Four buses of women and children cross into Lebanon en route to Moscow; official says ‘no plan’ for a full exodus

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