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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 475

Ghassan Hitto

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 Zeina Karam and Bassam Mroue
Buildings damaged by Syrian government airstrikes and shelling, in the Jouret al-Chiyah neighborhood of Homs, Syria, July, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Lens Young Homsi)
July 8, 2013, 2:06 pm
Syrian army takes rebel area of Homs, regime says
Opposition forces deny Assad loyalists are making gains in strategic city
Emir of Qatar Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, center, attends the opening session of the Arab League Summit in Doha, Qatar in March 2013. (photo credit: AP/Ghiath Mohamad)
From the WebMay 18, 2013, 9:08 am
How Qatar seized control of the Syrian revolution
Doha has poured at least $1 billion into backing the rebels, gaining influence for a post-Assad era, according to the Financial Times
Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, visits the Umayyad Electrical Station on May Day, May 1, 2013, a day after a powerful bomb hit the capital (photo credit: AP/SANA)
May 7, 2013, 4:27 pm
Assad’s crimes ‘miraculously’ forgotten after Israeli strikes
President ‘will never respond to Israeli attack,’ writes one Arab columnist. ‘He still might,’ opines another, hopefully
By Elhanan Miller
US Secretary of State John Kerry, center, and members of the Friends of Syria group during a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, April 20, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Hakan Goktepe)
April 22, 2013, 12:40 pm
Syria: Opposition chief Khatib calls it quits
Disgruntled leader resigns over Western refusal to provide weapons; Saudi says he’s found site of Noah’s flood
By Michael Bassin
Egyptian medics and army personnel escort former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from a helicopter ambulance, after it landed at Maadi Military Hospital, following a hearing in his retrial in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, on April 13, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)
April 14, 2013, 2:51 pm
Egypt: Mubarak finally smiles
Judge resigns at opening session of former president’s retrial; interim Syrian opposition PM accepting CVs for government posts
By Michael Bassin
Syrian rebels stand in the rubble of buildings damaged by government airstrikes, in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, February 13, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center AMC)
April 7, 2013, 3:29 am
Syrian airstrike kills at least 15 in Aleppo
Raid hits district in northern city prized by both Assad loyalists and rebels
By Barbara Surk
Ghassan Hitto, the Syrian opposition's newly elected interim prime minister, center, is congratulated by other members after a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday (photo credit: AP)
From the WebMarch 31, 2013, 11:56 am
From Dallas to Damascus: The ‘straight shooter’ who could replace Assad
Ghassan Hitto, a former telecom executive who has taken over as PM of the opposition interim government, seen as Muslim Brotherhood’s man
Free Syrian Army fighters patrol in Syria, February 2013. (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)
March 25, 2013, 11:08 am
Arab League reportedly gives Syria’s seat to rebels
Official says vacant seat to go to opposition delegate ahead of Tuesday meeting; FSA’s Colonel Riad al-Asaad wounded in Syria
By ToI Staff and AP
Syrian opposition coalition leader Mouaz al-Khatib speaks during a press conference with US Secretary of State John Kerry, February 28, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Riccardo De Luca)
March 25, 2013, 8:48 am
Syria turning into ‘one big ball of fire’
Resignation of opposition leader Mouaz al-Khatib creates vacuum of instability; in Egypt, Brotherhood tries to shut down anti-Morsi media
By Michael Bassin
Syrian opposition coalition leader Mouaz al-Khatib speaks during a press conference with US Secretary of State John Kerry, February 28, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Riccardo De Luca)
March 24, 2013, 11:40 pm
Syrian rebels flounder with no unified leadership
Breaks within the opposition revealed as president resigns and military chief refuses to recognize interim prime minister
By Ben Hubbard
Ghassan Hitto, the Syrian opposition's newly elected interim prime minister, at a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, March 19, 2013 (photo credit: AP)
March 21, 2013, 11:56 am
Syria’s new PM: Assad’s alternative or American puppet?
Syria divided over opposition’s Ghassan Hitto; Egyptian government faces potentially drastic cut in aid
By Michael Bassin
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian victims who suffered an alleged chemical attack at Khan al-Assal village according to SANA, receive serum treatments, at a hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday March 19, 2013 (photo credit: AP/SANA)
March 20, 2013, 4:13 pm
Obama in Jerusalem and chemical weapons in Aleppo
The first use of deadly gas in Syria alarms Arab dailies
By Elhanan Miller
Ghassan Hitto, the Syrian opposition's newly elected interim prime minister, center, is congratulated by other members after a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday (photo credit: AP)
March 20, 2013, 12:07 am
Meet Ghassan Hitto, the Syrian rebels’ leader
Welcomed by the US, newly elected interim PM also faces criticism from within opposition forces
By Ben Hubbard
Head of the Syrian National Coalition Moaz al-Khatib speaks during a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, March 18, 2013. (photo credit: AP)
March 19, 2013, 1:11 pm
Lebanon quivers as Assad’s end looms
Meanwhile, a leading Arab columnist lowers expectations ahead of the US president’s visit to the region
By Elhanan Miller
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