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The Times of Israel

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Writer: Karin Laub

June 13, 2013
9:38 pm

An employee at "Damashki" (or "The Guy From Damascus") bakery co-owned by Bassel Shunar, a Palestinian by origin who was born in Syria but who fled the country and arrived in the Gaza Strip two months ago. (photo credit: AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Gaza suffers drop in foreign aid over Syrian war

Hamas officials say Iran has reduced monthly cash transfers, and aid to charities is being diverted to Syrian issues

June 12, 2013
9:27 pm

Mohammed Mustaf, a new Palestinian deputy prime minister for economic affairs, in Ramallah on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

New PA economics minister says outlook bleak for West Bank

Mohammad Mustafa predicts $150 million shortage for June operating costs and government payroll

By Karin Laub

June 2, 2013
12:11 am

A man looks at a part of a rocket, seen on the ground, after rockets slammed into two Beirut neighborhoods that are strongholds of Lebanon's Hezbollah group, Sunday May 26, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Ahmad Omar)

18 rockets from Syria hit Hezbollah stronghold

Rebels launch largest cross-border salvo; influential cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi calls terror group ‘Party of Satan,’ urges Sunnis to join fight

By Karin Laub

May 29, 2013
8:09 pm

Rebel fighters in Daraa, Syria, on Tuesday, May 28, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

Opposition disarray bodes ill for Syria talks

Geneva conference in jeopardy as rebel groups bicker

By Karin Laub and Zeina Karam

May 28, 2013
7:11 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)

Fears grow of foreign-fueled arms race in Syria

EU decision to lift arms embargo on rebels follows Russian move to supply Assad with advanced anti-aircraft missiles

By Jamey Keaten and Karin Laub

May 27, 2013
12:56 pm

Lebanese neighbors fight Syrian proxy war

Sunni and Shiite groups battle it out in Tripoli, in a reflection of the brutal civil strife raging across the border

By Karin Laub

May 17, 2013
8:59 pm

Anti-Syrian regime protesters holding a placard with a caricature of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a demonstration in Kafr Nabil, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Friday, May 17, 2013.(photo credit: AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)

Rights groups: Syria holds thousands incommunicado

More than two years into conflict, accounts of disappearances have become chillingly familiar to citizens of Assad’s regime

By Karin Laub

May 11, 2013
11:07 pm

Issam Khedri, 29, eldest brother of cigarette vendor Adel Khedri, holds a newspaper with a photo of his brother Adel moments after his self-immolation outside the capital's Municipal Theater, in his room in the Mellassine slum of Tunis, Tunisia. A month after Adel's death, five of the 20 beds at the Ben Arous burn center in Tunis were filled by people who had set themselves on fire. Self-immolations make up about 25 percent of admissions, while the rest are accidents, according to Dr. Amen Allah Messaadi, the center's trauma chief. Some of those setting themselves on fire suffer from mental problems, but most are just like Adel -- unemployed high-school dropouts in their 20s. Such acts are not common among college graduates, he says. (AP Photo/Ons Abid)

Vendor’s suicide reflects despair of Mideast youth

Hand-to-mouth existence, inability to pay bribes, and other woes lead ‘fed up’ 27-year-old and 178 other Tunisians to set themselves on fire

By Karin Laub

May 11, 2013
10:35 pm

Mohammed Nabouti, a 21-year-old technician, fixes the air conditioner of a shop in Amman, Jordan on Monday, March 4, 2013. Just six months of learning to fix air conditioners changed Nabouti's life. Instead of drifting after high school like many of his jobless friends, Nabouti has taken a small loan to start his own business and recently got engaged. Nabouti's story points to a quick fix the unemployment-stricken Middle East might try until deeper economic reforms can kick in, experts say. This quick fix includes job training, micro loans and help in setting up businesses. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Job training, loans ease Arab youth unemployment

Until deeper economic reforms can kick in, the Middle East has a quick fix for lack of jobs created by population explosion

By Karin Laub

May 8, 2013
1:20 am

Syrian President Bashar Assad in an image from video broadcast on Syrian state television Wednesday, April 17, 2013 (photo credit: AP)

Assad has few retaliation options

To survive, regime cannot afford opening a new front, needs to focus on rebel threat

By Karin Laub

May 6, 2013
5:21 pm

Damaged buildings wrecked by an Israeli airstrike, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, May 5, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/SANA)

Israeli strike killed 42 Syrian soldiers, activists say

Regime in Damascus has yet to release death toll

By Josef Federman and Karin Laub

May 6, 2013
12:48 am

A screenshot froma video purporting to show large explosions on the outskirts of Damascus early Sunday morning. (Screenshot via YouTube)

Israeli airstrikes prompt threats, anger in Syria

Assad regime hints at possible retribution, though rhetoric in official statements appeares relatively muted

By Karin Laub and Josef Federman

March 31, 2013
10:50 pm

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the Executive Committee of the PLO, in Ramallah in January. (Photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Abbas clamps down on critics, despite promises to the contrary

Targets of crackdown include Hamas supporters; ex-adviser says Fatah leaders fear they have ‘lost their grip on Palestinian society’

By Dalia Nammari and Karin Laub

March 17, 2013
10:49 pm

Anti-Syrian regime protesters in Aleppo, Syria, Friday March 15, 2013 (photo credit: AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)

Syria opposition to set up interim government

Former minister, businessmen among those nominated to head temporary cabinet; experts say move will block diplomatic solution

By Karin Laub

March 16, 2013
6:33 pm

At least 17 killed in fighting in northern, eastern Syria

Rebels set off a powerful car bomb near a high-rise in Deir el-Zour and forces loyal to Assad retaliate as conflict enters its third year

By Karin Laub

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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: Karin Laub

Gaza suffers drop in foreign aid over Syrian war

Hamas officials say Iran has reduced monthly cash transfers, and aid to charities is being diverted to Syrian issues

New PA economics minister says outlook bleak for West Bank

Mohammad Mustafa predicts $150 million shortage for June operating costs and government payroll

18 rockets from Syria hit Hezbollah stronghold

Rebels launch largest cross-border salvo; influential cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi calls terror group ‘Party of Satan,’ urges Sunnis to join fight

Opposition disarray bodes ill for Syria talks

Geneva conference in jeopardy as rebel groups bicker

Fears grow of foreign-fueled arms race in Syria

EU decision to lift arms embargo on rebels follows Russian move to supply Assad with advanced anti-aircraft missiles

Lebanese neighbors fight Syrian proxy war

Sunni and Shiite groups battle it out in Tripoli, in a reflection of the brutal civil strife raging across the border

Rights groups: Syria holds thousands incommunicado

More than two years into conflict, accounts of disappearances have become chillingly familiar to citizens of Assad’s regime

Vendor’s suicide reflects despair of Mideast youth

Hand-to-mouth existence, inability to pay bribes, and other woes lead ‘fed up’ 27-year-old and 178 other Tunisians to set themselves on fire

Job training, loans ease Arab youth unemployment

Until deeper economic reforms can kick in, the Middle East has a quick fix for lack of jobs created by population explosion

Assad has few retaliation options

To survive, regime cannot afford opening a new front, needs to focus on rebel threat

Israeli strike killed 42 Syrian soldiers, activists say

Regime in Damascus has yet to release death toll

Israeli airstrikes prompt threats, anger in Syria

Assad regime hints at possible retribution, though rhetoric in official statements appeares relatively muted

Abbas clamps down on critics, despite promises to the contrary

Targets of crackdown include Hamas supporters; ex-adviser says Fatah leaders fear they have ‘lost their grip on Palestinian society’

Syria opposition to set up interim government

Former minister, businessmen among those nominated to head temporary cabinet; experts say move will block diplomatic solution

At least 17 killed in fighting in northern, eastern Syria

Rebels set off a powerful car bomb near a high-rise in Deir el-Zour and forces loyal to Assad retaliate as conflict enters its third year

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