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Daniel Rubinstein in Jerusalem in 2010. (photo credit: US State Department)
March 18, 2014, 8:54 am
Jewish Arabist is DC’s new envoy to Syria
Daniel Rubenstein, a former consul general in Jerusalem, will succeed ambassador Robert Ford in war-torn country
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Members of a UN investigative team take samples near the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria, August 28, 2013. (AP/United Media Office of Arbeen)
November 15, 2013, 9:39 pm
Threat of Syrian chemical attack on Israel all but over
Jerusalem has had to admit that the agreement dismantling Assad’s stockpiles is serving the interests of Israel as well as those of the citizens of Syria
By Avi Issacharoff
US Senator John McCain, center, listens during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill, September 4. 2013. (AP/Susan Walsh)
October 31, 2013, 10:16 pm
Obama administration defends efforts on Syria
John McCain says the fight to topple Damascus regime is no longer a civil war but a regional conflict
By AP
August 30, 2013, 9:43 pm
US names temporary envoy to Egypt
David Satterfield replacing Ambassador Anne Patterson; he previously served as ambassador to Lebanon
By Matthew Lee
Columns of smoke rising from heavy shelling in the Jobar neighborhood in west Damascus, Syria. (photo credit: AP/Hassan Ammar)
August 27, 2013, 5:37 am
US-Russia meeting on Syria postponed
Meeting was meant to set up an international conference for finding a political solution to Syrian crisis
By Deb Riechmann
Egyptian law professor Nabil Ahmed Helmy, in an Egypt Channel 1 interview that aired on August 7, 2013 (photo credit: YouTube screen capture).
August 15, 2013, 10:34 pm
Egyptian law professor: US causing our civil war
Nabil Ahmed Helmy says Washington trying ‘to bring chaos’ to his country, Egypt ‘capable of toppling the US administration’
By Asher Zeiger
May 11, 2013, 6:40 pm
Syrian rebels, Assad forces fight over key roads
Insurgents and government troops struggle in turn to secure major highways linking Damascus to other cities
By Bassam Mroue
Illustrative photo of a victim of an alleged chemical weapons attack on Homs, Syria, December 23, 2012 (screen capture: YouTube)
March 20, 2013, 7:22 pm
Syria asks UN to investigate chemical weapons use
Washington says it has no evidence to back allegation that rebels deployed weapons of mass destruction
John Kerry boarding his plane at Andrews Air Force Base, MD., en route to London in his inaugural official trip as secretary of state on Sunday. (photo credit: AP/Pool, Jacquelyn Martin)
February 24, 2013, 11:39 pm
US in mad dash to save Syria opposition conference
Facing boycott threats, John Kerry dispatches envoy to try to salvage meeting of rebel groups scheduled for Rome this week
The Assad family in 1994. Front: Hafez Assad and Anisa Makhlouf. Rear, left to right: Maher, Bashar, Bassel, Majid, and Bushra Assad (Wikipedia)
January 25, 2013, 6:05 am
Assad’s mother fled Syria, US ambassador confirms
Anisa Makhlouf reportedly reunites with her daughter, Bushra Assad, in the United Arab Emirates
By ToI Staff
Syrian regime opponent Riad Seif, right, shakes hands with Syrian National Council chief Abdel Basset Seda during the meeting in Doha on Tuesday. (photo credit: AP/Osama Faisal)
November 8, 2012, 3:08 am
Main Syrian opposition bloc leaves women off leadership rolls
Muslim Brotherhood-linked SNC seen as out of touch with anti-Assad movement in Syria
Syrian opposition protesters in Idlib, June 29 (photo credit: AP photo)
From the WebJuly 27, 2012, 9:46 pm
US ambassador pens letter to the Syrian people
‘We continue to believe that a political transition in Syria, led by the Syrian people and supported by the international community, is the best chance for Syria’s future and for a stable and democratic transition,” writes Robert Ford
A Syrian opposition fighter runs for cover in Homs last month (photo credit: Fadi Zaidan/AP)
From the WebJune 16, 2012, 12:08 pm
US holds high-level talks with Syrian rebels seeking weapons
Pressure mounts on Washington to authorize shipment of arms to be used against Assad regime, reports The Telegraph
Satellite images showing the village of Tall Daww before and after the May 25 massacre (photo credit: Digital globe/US government)
June 2, 2012, 5:05 am
Satellite images offer evidence of mass graves in Houla
Photos published by US ambassador to Syria also reveal artillery impact craters near civilian areas
By Ron Friedman
Pro-Syrian government demonstrators hold a rally in Damascus to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the foundation of the ruling Baath Arab Socialist Party, April 7, 2012. (photo credit: AP Photo Bassem Tellawi)
April 7, 2012, 10:56 pm
US to Syria: ‘We are watching’
As supposed ceasefire nears, Assad regime pounds opposition strongholds
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