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Supporters of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans during a rally in Nasser City, Cairo, July 4, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Hassan Ammar)
July 9, 2013, 4:03 pm
Egypt places entry restrictions on Syrians
Cairo fears many would-be entrants are Muslim Brotherhood supporters
By Bassem Mroue and Zeina Karam
Syrian Brig. Gen. Manaf Tlass is seen before a Ramadan fast-breaking dinner in Ankara, Turkey, on Thursday, July 26. (photo credit: Burhan Ozbilici/AP)
February 20, 2013, 9:11 pm
Defected Syrian general: Assad oblivious to violence
President’s childhood friend Manaf Tlass says he lives in complete isolation, surrounded by people who tell him what he wants to hear
By Adiv Sterman
A Free Syrian Army fighter takes cover during fighting with the Syrian Army in Azaz, Syria on Monday. (photo credit: AP/Virginie Nguyen Huang)
February 5, 2013, 8:00 pm
Syrian lawmaker rejects rebels’ conditions for talks
Obama administration says those with ‘blood on their hands’ in Syria need to be held accountable
Lakhdar Brahimi at the UN, November 2012 (photo credit: AP/Richard Drew)
December 24, 2012, 1:21 pm
Assad proves no bakery is safe
More attacks on civilians in Syria shock the Arab world; Russia tells Assad he can’t move in
By Michael Bassin
Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa (photo credit: screen capture, YouTube)
December 17, 2012, 5:35 pm
Victory against rebels impossible, Syrian VP says
Assad regime makes rare admission of inability to contend with armed uprising
A Syrian rebel fighter takes cover during heavy clashes with government forces north of Aleppo. (photo credit: AP/Narciso Contreras)
December 17, 2012, 2:41 am
Syria’s VP says both sides are losing the war
Farouk al-Sharaa calls for national unity government, says neither Assad nor rebels are in position for a military victory
Turkish soldiers patrol a military station at the border crossing with Syria in Akçakale, across from the Syrian rebel-controlled town of Tel Abyad in October. Syria and Turkey exchange fire across their troubled border for a sixth straight day, attacks that look increasingly like an intentional escalation by President Bashar Assad to send a message to his northern neighbor that it will pay dearly for supporting the rebels. (photo credit: AP)
October 8, 2012, 9:13 pm
Damascus knows Ankara can’t afford to ‘go a step further’
Syria is aware Turkey won’t want to undermine the West’s commitment to a political solution by using force, expert says
By Elizabeth A. Kennedy
Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa (photo credit: screen capture, YouTube)
October 8, 2012, 5:47 pm
Days of Ottoman Empire are gone, Syria warns Turkey
Syrian information minister calls Ankara’s suggestion to replace Assad with his vice president a ‘flagrant gaffe’
By TOI staff and AP
Turkish troops stationed at the border gate with Syria in Akcakale, Turkey (photo credit: AP)
October 8, 2012, 1:41 am
Turkey warns it will reply forcefully to every Syrian shell
Ankara promotes Syrian VP as suitable replacement for Assad
Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa (photo credit: screen capture, YouTube)
October 7, 2012, 2:00 pm
Turkish FM suggests Syria’s vice president could replace Assad
Rebels seize military outpost near Syria-Turkey border
By Philip Podolsky and AP
Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa (photo credit: screen capture, YouTube)
August 26, 2012, 1:38 pm
Syria’s number two makes public appearance, ending defection rumors
Vice President Farouk Sharaa seen for first time since July 18
UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi (photo credit: Torsten Silz/AP)
August 18, 2012, 6:45 pm
Syria welcomes Algerian Brahimi as Annan successor
Office of Vice President al-Sharaa expresses support for appointment, denies rumors of al-Sharaa’s defection to opposition
Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa (photo credit: screen capture, YouTube)
August 18, 2012, 10:11 am
Syria denies rebels’ claim that vice president has defected
In what would be the highest-ranking defection to date, FSA says Farouk al-Sharaa has fled to Jordan
By Michal Shmulovich
Farouk al-Sharaa, right, meeting with US Senator John Kerry in Damascus in 2009. (photo credit: AP/Bassem Tillawi)
July 11, 2012, 3:08 pm
Syrian vice president’s absence raises questions of his whereabouts
Rumors circulate that Farouk al-Sharaa may be under house arrest or could have defected to Jordan
By Aaron Kalman
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