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Hadi al-Bahra speaks during a public discussion March 18, 2014, following the Geneva II peace conference. (screen capture: YouTube/US Institute of Peace)
July 9, 2014, 4:32 pm
Syrian opposition elects new leader
Hadi el-Bahra inherits the task of trying to unite factions and keep campaign to topple Assad alive
By AFP
Syrian opposition leader Ahmad Al-Jarba speaks at the United Nations headquarters in July 2013. (photo credit: AP/Mary Altaffer)
May 22, 2014, 2:25 pm
Syria opposition expects Western military aid ‘within weeks’
Syrian National Coalition chief Ahmad Al-Jarba says the US is convinced that Assad cannot be removed diplomatically
By Elhanan Miller
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel addresses his Gulf counterparts in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday. (photo credit: AP/Mandel Ngan/Pool)
May 15, 2014, 4:03 am
Pentagon chief reassures Gulf allies on Iran
But Hagel makes no mention of US military aid to Syria, underlining Saudi concerns about Washington’s reluctance to counter Iranian influence
By AP
Free Syrian Army fighters clean their weapons and check ammunition at their base on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, November 14, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)
May 14, 2014, 11:07 pm
Syrian rebel officer: We could work with Israel to oust Assad, quietly
FSA intelligence officer also complains US failing to provide weaponry despite assurances it won’t fall into jihadist hands
By Elhanan Miller
US Secretary of State John Kerry at the State Department in Washington on May 13, 2014. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad)
May 14, 2014, 4:26 pm
Kerry heads for Syria talks just as UN envoy quits
US secretary of state also to meet with PA president in London to discuss suspended peace talks
By AFP
Syrian National Coalition Chief Ahmad al-Jarba speaks during a press conference at the foreign ministry in Paris, January 12, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Michel Euler)
May 14, 2014, 6:26 am
US president meets Syrian opposition leader
Obama administration once again voices concern lethal aid could end up in hands of extremists fighting Assad
By AFP
Syrian President Bashar Assad (center), speaks with Syrian citizens during his visit to Ain al-Tineh village, near Damascus, Syria, on April 20, 2014. (photo credit: AP/SANA)
May 9, 2014, 7:25 am
US sanctions Syrian government officials, Russian bank
State Department pledges $27 million in nonlethal aid to moderate opposition leader
By Deb Riechmann
Syrian National Coalition Chief Ahmad al-Jarba speaks during a press conference at the foreign ministry in Paris, January 12, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Michel Euler)
May 5, 2014, 10:06 pm
US okays diplomatic mission for Syrian opposition
Alongside upgraded diplomatic status, State Department to increase assistance to opposition by $27 million
By Matthew Lee
Syrian oppositionist Kamal Al-Labwani at an anti-Assad demonstration in Paris, June 12, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Jacques Brinon)
April 30, 2014, 10:24 am
Israel is our last hope, indicates Syrian dissident
The West and the Arabs have created a ‘fake’ Syrian opposition to keep Assad in power, says veteran oppositionist Kamal Labwani
By Elhanan Miller
Syrian President Bashar Assad (center right), visits a shelter of internally displaced people in the Damascus suburb of Adra, Syria, on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (photo credit: AP)
March 14, 2014, 2:24 pm
Syria: No to negotiations, no to elections
Arab columnist blasts those who praise al-Nusra Front ‘only because they fight Assad’
By Elhanan Miller
A Syrian demonstrator is wrapped in a Syrian flag carrying the picture of President Assad as they shout pro-government slogans during a demonstration outside the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday Jan. 31, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Anja Niedringhaus)
February 1, 2014, 11:05 pm
With talks over, little sign of progress towards Syria peace
Assad’s FM says negotiations failed to achieve ‘tangible results’ — namely, agreement on even a single point
By AFP
Syrian senior presidential advisor Buthaina Shaaban speaks to a Syrian TV reporter at the United Nations Offices in Geneva, on January 26, 2014. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
January 27, 2014, 2:59 pm
Syrian reporters clash in Geneva in echo of national divide
On the sidelines of the UN peace talks, pro-regime press trades taunts with media supporting the opposition
By AFP
An Egyptian firefighter checks a crater made by a blast at the Egyptian police headquarters in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)
January 24, 2014, 2:28 pm
Syria talks as Cairo erupts into flames
British minister says Iran’s absence from Switzerland saved diplomatic talks on Syria’s future
By Elhanan Miller
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right, and UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi attend a press conference at the Geneva II conference in Montreux, Switzerland, on Wednesday (photo credit: Philippe Desmazes/AFP)
January 24, 2014, 3:55 am
UN mediator shuttles between Syria’s warring sides
Syrian opposition chief Ahmad Jarba claims Russia has indicated that it’s not inextricably linked to Assad
By AFP
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, listens to Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before the start of their joint meeting with U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi at the U.S. ambassador's residence in Paris, France, Monday, January 13, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)
January 13, 2014, 3:10 pm
Russia: Assad mulling open humanitarian access
Announcement comes as international community ratchets up pressure on opposition to attend upcoming peace talks
By AP
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