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Screen capture from unconfirmed video allegedly showing Syrian rebels fighting in Ariha. (YouTube/GlobalLeaks News)
August 3, 2015, 12:06 pm
Dozen dead after Syrian jet crashes into neighborhood
Activists say warplane came down in market in town of Ariha held by Islamic militant rebels, killing and wounding dozens
By AP
Fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road at the northern city of Mosul, June 23, 2014. (photo credit: AP/File)
December 4, 2014, 1:29 pm
Islamic State attacks airbase in eastern Syria
Airfield in Deir el-Zour province is the last major installation in the area that the Assad regime still controls
By AP
Illustrative screen capture from a YouTube video allegedly shows Islamic State group fighters firing from an armed vehicle (AFP/HO/AAMAQ NEWS AGENCY)
October 21, 2014, 7:50 pm
Islamic State seizes weapons airdrop meant for Kurds
Jihadist fighters claim they grabbed a cache of hand grenades, rocket launchers and ammunition, say ‘thanks’ to the US
By AP
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 Bassam Mroue
May 5, 2013, 8:38 pm
US says Syrians must be held accountable for massacre
Over 100 executed in Banias area town; rebel forces capture part of air base in northern part of country
Syrian government warplanes and artillery pounded Damascus and its suburbs Tuesday April 2, as rebels in the northern city of Aleppo launched an operation that aims to free hundreds of political detainees from the city's central prison, activists said. (photo credit: AP/Shaam News Network)
April 22, 2013, 10:15 am
Syria sees record 500 body count for a single day
As Assad fighters go on offensive, remains of 483 people found in Damascus suburbs, some 300 of them civilians, activists say
By Gavriel Fiske
View of the Golan Heights from Kuneitra (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
March 28, 2013, 1:56 pm
Syrian soldiers reportedly abandon post near Israel border
Heavy fighting reported in south of war-torn country
By AP and ToI Staff
In this image captured from a video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, smoke rises from buildings due to heavy shelling in Daraa, Syria, Thursday (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)
January 25, 2013, 11:41 pm
140 killed in Syria fighting, say activists
Regime forces subject central province to rocket, artillery fire as refugees stream into Jordan in record numbers
By Barbara Surk
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem (AP/Dimitri Messinis)
January 20, 2013, 3:07 am
Syria calls on rebels to disarm and negotiate
Foreign minister promises everyone who participates in talks a seat on a new cabinet
A Free Syrian Army fighter treads on a photo of Syrian President Bashar Assad in Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday, January 15, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Andoni Lubaki)
January 17, 2013, 2:38 pm
More than 100 massacred in Syria, activists say
Reports describe grisly slaying of Sunnis by Assad loyalists near Homs
By Bassam Mroue
Syrian rebels from al-Qaeda affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra, wave their brigade flag as they step on the top of a Syrian air force helicopter, at Taftanaz air base that was captured by the rebels, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Friday January 11 2013 (photo credit: AP/Edlib News Network ENN)
January 12, 2013, 9:22 pm
Syrian army pushes rebels back from Damascus suburb
Human rights activists say military firing artillery, conducting airstrikes against opposition forces around the capital
This image taken from video provided by Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a fire burning at the site of a Syrian government airstrike on a gas station in the eastern Damascus suburb of Mleiha, Syria, on Wednesday, January 2, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)
January 2, 2013, 4:06 pm
Dozens dead and wounded after Syrian warplane bombs gas station
Explosion near Damascus destroys vehicles lined up for gasoline, leaves a three-foot deep crater
By Bassam Mroue
This video image shows Syrian rebels with a captured helicopter at an air base near the capital Damascus in November, 2012 (photo credit: AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)
January 2, 2013, 1:11 pm
Syrian rebels renew assault on northern airbase
Opposition forces have stepped up attacks on military airports in recent weeks in an effort to whittle-down the Assad regime’s air superiority
By Bassam Mroue
A mass burial in Syria on Saturday from a video uploaded by the Local Coordination Committees (photo credit: screen capture/Youtube)
December 30, 2012, 7:57 am
Syria sees bloodiest day since conflict’s start as nearly 400 reported killed
Rebel groups report 220 executed by army outside Homs; diplomats meet in Moscow
By AP and Gabe Fisher
Syrian air force bombs an Aleppo neighborhood on Thursday, August 30. (photo credit: Image capture from YouTube video uploaded by SpaceIraneesKiller)
November 27, 2012, 1:17 pm
Many dead in Syrian air force bombing of Idlib area
Activists report dozens wounded in attack on olive press factory
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