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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 467

Mouaz al-Khatib

Egyptian Salafis shout slogans against Syrian President Bashar Assad as one waves a Syrian revolutionary flag during a rally after the Friday prayers at Amr Ibn Al As mosque, in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday, June 14, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)
July 6, 2013, 5:45 pm
Ex-prisoner chosen to lead Syrian opposition group
Former political inmate with close links to Saudi Arabia chosen to lead main Western-backed organization aiming to oust Assad
By Bassam Mroue
Syrian opposition leader Mouaz al-Khatib (left), shakes hands with Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo in Madrid on Tuesday May 21, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Paul White)
May 21, 2013, 10:58 pm
Spain backs arming Syrian rebels with ‘defense material’
In reversal of previous position, Madrid partially lifts non-lethal sanctions ‘for people’s protection’
Syrian President Bashar Assad in an image from video broadcast on Syrian state television Wednesday, April 17, 2013 (photo credit: AP)
May 21, 2013, 4:56 pm
Syria opposition signals tough line on peace talks
Assad will have no say regarding the country’s future, representatives vow
Smoke and fire fill the skyline over Damascus, Syria, early Sunday, May 5, 2013 after a reported Israeli airstrike. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)
May 6, 2013, 4:30 am
Israeli strike exposes Syrian challenge for Arabs
Most regional leaders want Western intervention to bring down Assad; what they don’t want is Israeli intervention
By Brian Murphy and Sarah El Deeb
An instructor teaches Syrian rebels to use a rocket-propelled grenade launcher near Idlib, Syria, in March 2013. (photo credit: AP/Muhammed Muheisen)
March 28, 2013, 11:43 am
Satan comes to Jordan
Elsewhere, Syrian rebels are denied weapons, again, but get a first embassy in Qatar
By Michael Bassin
A US Army Patriot Missile launcher (photo credit: US Army/Wikipedia)
From the WebMarch 26, 2013, 3:23 pm
‘NATO has no intention of intervening in Syria’
Reuters: After opposition leader asks Kerry to use missiles against Assad, military alliance elects to stay out of conflict
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 26, 2013, 11:16 am
Opposition takes Syria’s seat at Arab summit
Invitation gives significant boost, restores ‘robbed legitimacy’ to forces fighting to ‘build the new Syria’; Assad blasts move
Syrian rebels attend a training session in Maaret Ikhwan, near Idlib, Syria, in December 2012. (photo credit: AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
March 25, 2013, 11:16 pm
US intelligence training Syrian rebels in Jordan
Officials say forces made up largely of former soldiers; Pentagon denies involvement
By Bradley Klapper
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
Head of the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition Mouaz al-Khatib, second left, speaks with other unidentified members, during a meeting, March 2013. (photo credit:AP)
March 24, 2013, 3:56 pm
Leader of Syrian opposition coalition resigns
Mouaz al-Khatib cites frustration at inability to make headway against Assad’s regime
A Sunni gunman takes aim during clashes that erupted on Syria Street, which divides the areas between Sunnis and Alawites, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, June 2013 (photo credit: AP)
March 23, 2013, 6:16 pm
Members of Assad’s own sect convene against him
Alawite meeting in Cairo is first of its kind for community members opposed to Syrian president
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
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
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