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March 26, 2013
3:10 pm

A house burns after Syrian government shelling in the Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs province, in this citizen journalism image. (file photo; photo credit: AP/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)

Mortars strike Damascus, killing at least one

Girl killed, several wounded in attack; in Homs, forces loyal to Assad seize poor neighborhood considered symbol of opposition

March 25, 2013
6:39 pm

Syrian Commander Riad al-Asaad appears on a video posted on the Free Syrian Army's Facebook page (photo credit: AP/Free Syrian Army)

Free Syrian Army leader wounded by car bomb

Air Force colonel who defected in 2011 loses foot while touring rebel-controlled town

By Ben Hubbard

March 24, 2013
11:40 pm

Syrian opposition coalition leader Mouaz al-Khatib speaks during a press conference with US Secretary of State John Kerry, February 28, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Riccardo De Luca)

Syrian rebels flounder with no unified leadership

Breaks within the opposition revealed as president resigns and military chief refuses to recognize interim prime minister

By Ben Hubbard

March 20, 2013
12:07 am

Ghassan Hitto, the Syrian opposition's newly elected interim prime minister, center, is congratulated by other members after a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday (photo credit: AP)

Meet Ghassan Hitto, the Syrian rebels’ leader

Welcomed by the US, newly elected interim PM also faces criticism from within opposition forces

By Ben Hubbard

March 19, 2013
9:04 am

Free Syrian Army fighters fire at government soldiers during a fierce firefight in Daraa al-Balad, Syria, on Monday March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

US won’t stop allies from arming Syrian rebels

While chances for negotiations seem remote, Washington still prefers a diplomatic solution to two-year-old civil war

By Ben Hubbard

March 18, 2013
2:31 pm

Free Syrian Army fighters patrol in Syria, February 2013. (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)

Syria opposition pushes to form interim government

Efforts underway to bring together all factions and present rival administration to Assad

By Ben Hubbard

March 16, 2013
7:56 pm

Syrian army pushes back rebels (Photo by Hamad Almakt/Flash90)

High-ranking Syrian general defects from army

Maj. Gen. Mohammed Ezz al-Din Khalouf says that morale in Assad’s army is low and that many have lost faith in the regime

By Ben Hubbard

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 18, 2013
11:27 pm

A displaced Syrian woman washes some clothes in front of her tent in the Azaz camp for displaced people, north of Aleppo province, Syria, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Manu Brabo)

UN panel says Syria war crimes should go to trial

But despite pleas from the anti-Assad opposition, even sympathetic powers are resistant to provide arms

By Ben Hubbard

February 8, 2013
5:21 pm

Smoke and fire rising on a main highway in Damascus, Syria on Friday, February 8 (photo credit: AP/Ugarit News)

Syrian rebels close in on capital, block key highway

‘This is not the battle for Damascus. This battle is to prepare for the entry into Damascus,’ says an opposition spokesman

By Ben Hubbard

January 18, 2013
5:23 am

This undated image provided by Auroch Digital Ltd. shows the video game 'Endgame: Syria.' (photo credit: AP/Auroch Digital Ltd.)

Syria’s civil war: the video game

Free online card game puts players in shoes of rebels trying to topple the Assad regime, seeks to educate about the conflict

By Ben Hubbard

January 16, 2013
11:19 am

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian people gather at the site after an explosion hit a university in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, January 15, 2013 (photo credit: AP/SANA)

Death toll from Syria university blasts reaches 87

Regime, rebels trade accusations as to who launched attack on Aleppo campus

By Ben Hubbard

December 25, 2012
4:01 am

Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meets with UN Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, in Damascus on Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. (photo credit: SANA/AP)

UN envoy to Syria ‘worried’ after talks with Assad

No indication of progress toward a negotiated solution for the civil war

By Ben Hubbard

December 24, 2012
1:29 pm

Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, greets UN and Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi prior to their closed-door meeting in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Oct. 21 (photo credit: AP/SANA)

UN envoy calls situation ‘worrying’ after talks with Syria’s Assad

Lakhdar Brahimi has shown little progress in brokering a ceasefire since being appointed in September

By Ben Hubbard

December 23, 2012
6:03 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)

UN special envoy visits Damascus to find end to conflict

Lakhdar Brahimi’s third trip to Syria since assuming post in August fails to generate optimism

By Ben Hubbard

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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: Ben Hubbard

Mortars strike Damascus, killing at least one

Girl killed, several wounded in attack; in Homs, forces loyal to Assad seize poor neighborhood considered symbol of opposition

Free Syrian Army leader wounded by car bomb

Air Force colonel who defected in 2011 loses foot while touring rebel-controlled town

Syrian rebels flounder with no unified leadership

Breaks within the opposition revealed as president resigns and military chief refuses to recognize interim prime minister

Meet Ghassan Hitto, the Syrian rebels’ leader

Welcomed by the US, newly elected interim PM also faces criticism from within opposition forces

US won’t stop allies from arming Syrian rebels

While chances for negotiations seem remote, Washington still prefers a diplomatic solution to two-year-old civil war

Syria opposition pushes to form interim government

Efforts underway to bring together all factions and present rival administration to Assad

High-ranking Syrian general defects from army

Maj. Gen. Mohammed Ezz al-Din Khalouf says that morale in Assad’s army is low and that many have lost faith in the regime

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

UN panel says Syria war crimes should go to trial

But despite pleas from the anti-Assad opposition, even sympathetic powers are resistant to provide arms

Syrian rebels close in on capital, block key highway

‘This is not the battle for Damascus. This battle is to prepare for the entry into Damascus,’ says an opposition spokesman

Syria’s civil war: the video game

Free online card game puts players in shoes of rebels trying to topple the Assad regime, seeks to educate about the conflict

Death toll from Syria university blasts reaches 87

Regime, rebels trade accusations as to who launched attack on Aleppo campus

UN envoy to Syria ‘worried’ after talks with Assad

No indication of progress toward a negotiated solution for the civil war

UN envoy calls situation ‘worrying’ after talks with Syria’s Assad

Lakhdar Brahimi has shown little progress in brokering a ceasefire since being appointed in September

UN special envoy visits Damascus to find end to conflict

Lakhdar Brahimi’s third trip to Syria since assuming post in August fails to generate optimism

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