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March 27, 2013
11:01 pm

Free Syrian Army fighters at the front line of Maarat al-Nuaman town, Syria, Tuesday February 26, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)

Arms shipments to Syrian rebels on the rise

‘Opposition forces now have the necessary means to advance from different fronts, close in on Damascus and unseat Assad,’ Arab official says

January 29, 2013
9:29 am

Newly arrived Syrian refugees wait for their turn to receive a mattress, blankets and other supplies, and to be assigned to tents, at the Zaatari Syrian refugees camp in Mafraq, near the Syrian border with Jordan, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Hannon)

UN: Syrian refugees overwhelm Jordan camp

New arrivals crossing into Hashemite kingdom at about five times the rate anticipated

By Dale Gavlak

January 22, 2013
7:11 pm

A Syrian refugee boy runs to his family tent at Zaatari Syrian refugee camp, near the Syrian border in Mafraq, Jordan, on January 8, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

Flow of Syrian refugees into Jordan intensifies

About 3,000 have fled civil war for Hashemite kingdom each night for the past five days

By Dale Gavlak

January 18, 2013
6:59 pm

Demonstrators wave the Jordanian flag during a protest by the Muslim Brotherhood movement and other opposition parties against the upcoming parliamentary elections in Amman, Jordan, Friday. (photo credit: AP)

Jordan’s Islamists, opposition rally against vote

Muslim Brotherhood members and youth activists call for boycott of parliament elections, saying freedom is ‘not a royal gift’

By Dale Gavlak

January 8, 2013
1:28 pm

Syrian refugees at Zaatari Refugee Camp in Mafraq, Jordan, in early September (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Hannon)

Syrian asylum seekers riot in Jordan

Seven aid workers injured as dozens of refugees protest over winter conditions

By Dale Gavlak

November 7, 2012
2:15 pm

President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron at the White House on March 14, 2012 (photo credit: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama reelection signals new phase in Syria war

Within hours of victory, British PM urges US president to work directly with Syrian opposition

By Dale Gavlak and David Stringer

October 11, 2012
12:19 pm

Syrian refugee children stand in line before attending class at the Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, on Thursday, October 4, 2012 (photo credit: AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

In Jordan camps, it’s back to school for Syrian kids

UNICEF and Amman team up to provide education for traumatized children who have fled Syria

By Dale Gavlak

September 17, 2012
3:45 am

A book is left on the ground at the yard of a school destroyed in government airstrike in Tel Rifaat, on the outskirts of Aleppo on Sunday. (photo credit: AP/Muhammed Muheisen)

Civil war keeps many Syrian children out of school

Academic year begins, but violence keeps thousands away from classrooms

By Paul Schemm and Dale Gavlak

August 29, 2012
4:49 am

A Syrian refugee drinks water at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, August 13, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Clemens Bilan)

Secret Jordanian compound provides shelter for Syrian defectors

With more than 160,000 refugees in the kingdom already, Amman tries not to aggravate tensions with northern neighbor

By Dale Gavlak and Jamal Halaby

August 9, 2012
4:28 am

A Syrian refugee plays with her child in front of her family's tent in the Zaatari Syrian Refugee camp, in Mafraq, Jordan. (photo credit: Mohammad Hannon/AP)

As Syrian refugee camps swell, frustrations rise

‘Here I am like an orphan. A day is as long as a year,’ said a refugee — one of thousands fleeing Syria each day

By Bassem Mroue and Dale Gavlak

August 8, 2012
3:21 pm

A Syrian refugee and her children stand at the entrance to their tent in the Zaatari Syrian Refugee camp, in Mafraq, Jordan (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon)

Refugees from Assad find new dangers — snakes, scorpions, dust storms — in a Jordanian camp

‘In Syria, death comes quickly. Here in Zataari, it’s a slow death for us all’

By Dale Gavlak

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: Dale Gavlak

Arms shipments to Syrian rebels on the rise

‘Opposition forces now have the necessary means to advance from different fronts, close in on Damascus and unseat Assad,’ Arab official says

UN: Syrian refugees overwhelm Jordan camp

New arrivals crossing into Hashemite kingdom at about five times the rate anticipated

Flow of Syrian refugees into Jordan intensifies

About 3,000 have fled civil war for Hashemite kingdom each night for the past five days

Jordan’s Islamists, opposition rally against vote

Muslim Brotherhood members and youth activists call for boycott of parliament elections, saying freedom is ‘not a royal gift’

Syrian asylum seekers riot in Jordan

Seven aid workers injured as dozens of refugees protest over winter conditions

Obama reelection signals new phase in Syria war

Within hours of victory, British PM urges US president to work directly with Syrian opposition

In Jordan camps, it’s back to school for Syrian kids

UNICEF and Amman team up to provide education for traumatized children who have fled Syria

Civil war keeps many Syrian children out of school

Academic year begins, but violence keeps thousands away from classrooms

Secret Jordanian compound provides shelter for Syrian defectors

With more than 160,000 refugees in the kingdom already, Amman tries not to aggravate tensions with northern neighbor

As Syrian refugee camps swell, frustrations rise

‘Here I am like an orphan. A day is as long as a year,’ said a refugee — one of thousands fleeing Syria each day

Refugees from Assad find new dangers — snakes, scorpions, dust storms — in a Jordanian camp

‘In Syria, death comes quickly. Here in Zataari, it’s a slow death for us all’

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