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A Syrian man mourns over a dead body after an alleged poisonous gas attack fired by regime forces, according to activists, in Douma town, Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday, August 21, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Media Office of Douma City)
August 22, 2013, 8:12 pm
Syrian forces continue offensive in Damascus suburbs
Army said to be bombarding same area as Wednesday’s gas attack; heavy clashes reported in Syrian Kurdistan
By Bassem Mroue
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, in 2011. (AP Photo/SANA)
May 24, 2013, 6:18 pm
Syrian regime OKs peace talks amid skepticism
Russian statement, confirmed by Damascus legislator, is first sign that Assad is willing to negotiate with opposition
By Bassem Mroue
Syrian President Bashar Assad in an image from video broadcast on Syrian state television Wednesday, April 17, 2013 (photo credit: AP)
May 24, 2013, 11:20 am
Syrian government agrees ‘in principle’ to attend peace confab
No date has yet been set for the joint US- and Russian-sponsored meeting expected to take place in Geneva
A victim of an alleged chemical attack in Jobar, Syria, in April. (photo credit: screenshot/YouTube)
April 7, 2013, 5:17 pm
Rebels claim Assad used chemical weapons in Damascus attack
Video shows victims of attack on neighborhood with ancient synagogue have trouble breathing, focusing eyes
By Asher Zeiger and Stuart Winer
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, center, and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov in Moscow in April 2012 (photo credit: AP)
December 28, 2012, 8:52 am
In push for ceasefire plan, Moscow invites Syrian rebel leader for talks
Russia recently said it would revive efforts to implement the Geneva plan, which calls for an end to fighting but no Assad ouster
By Joshua Davidovich and AP
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (photo credit: AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
December 27, 2012, 1:38 pm
Russian FM meets Syrian envoy in improbable attempt to revive peace plan
Moscow, Assad’s strongest backer throughout the conflict, now appears resigned to dictator’s ouster
Smoke rising in Aleppo, Syria after a Syrian mortar shell landed in a neighborhood. (file photo; photo credit: Narciso Contreras/AP)
November 15, 2012, 10:40 pm
France proposes arming Syrian opposition forces
Russia blasts suggestion as a ‘gross violation’ of international law
People gather atop the aircraft steps alongside a Syrian passenger plane that was forced by Turkish jets to land at Esenboga airport in Ankara, Turkey, October 10, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Burhan Ozbilici)
October 11, 2012, 7:38 pm
Turkey: Intercepted Syrian plane was carrying ammunition
Cargo was being sent from a ‘Russian agency’ to the Syrian Defense Ministry, Turkish prime minister charges
By Suzan Fraser
Funeral procession in Homs (photo credit: AP/APTN)
February 22, 2012, 3:42 pm
Syrian opposition meets with Red Cross in Geneva
The humanitarian agency hopes to broker a temporary cease-fire to bring in emergency aid
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