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Syrian forces hold a position during fighting against rebels in the town of Zara, in the province of Homs, on March 8, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/STR)
March 8, 2014, 6:57 pm
Syrian forces wrest border town from rebels
Capture of Zara by Assad troops cuts off opposition supply line from Lebanon; Syrian rebels announce new army chief
By AP
Free Syrian Army commander Gen. Salim Idris, who defected from the Syrian army, speaks during an interview in Antakya, Turkey in April. (photo credit: AP/Bela Szandelszky)
February 17, 2014, 8:52 am
Free Syrian Army fires military chief as influence wanes
Rebel commander cites military ‘paralysis’ in recent months and need to ‘restructure’ in explaining Salim Idris’s dismissal
By AFP
Free Syrian Army fighters move to reconnoiter Syrian army forces, Syria, Wednesday, February, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)
January 27, 2014, 12:22 pm
US resumes nonlethal aid to Syrian opposition
Communications equipment being funneled only to non-armed groups
By AP
Spanish photographer Ricardo Garcia-Vilanova, right, who was kidnapped in Syria 11 weeks ago takes photographs of a Free Syrian Army fighter in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
December 16, 2013, 9:55 am
Moderate Syrian rebels pledge to protect journalists
Western-backed coalition responds to demand from media organizations that it act against targeting and abductions
By RYAN LUCAS
Free Syrian Army commander Gen. Salim Idris, who defected from the Syrian army, speaks during an interview in Antakya, Turkey in April. (photo credit: AP/Bela Szandelszky)
From the WebDecember 13, 2013, 5:57 am
Amid chaos of Islamist putsch, US says Syrian rebel chief didn’t flee
Changing story, Washington says Salim idris was in Turkey at time of Islamist takeover of rebel headquarters, Wall Street Journal reports
Syrian rebels prepare to fire locally made rockets in Idlib province, northern Syria (photo credit: AP/Edlib News Network ENN)
December 12, 2013, 5:42 pm
Syrian rebel spokesman decries US, UK aid suspension
Official calls on West to reconsider policy change made in wake of al-Qaeda-linked raid on warehouse holding American supplies
By Bassam Mroue
Anti-Syrian President Bashar Assad protesters hold the Jabhat al-Nusra flag, as they shout slogans during a demonstration, at Kafranbel town, in Idlib province, northern Syria March 1, 2013. Leader of al-Qaeda in Syria Abu Mohammad al-Golani heads the al-Nusra Front rebel faction. (photo credit: (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
From the WebDecember 4, 2013, 2:09 pm
US, allies reach out to Syria’s Islamist rebels
Officials say Western countries held direct talks with key hard-line militias to undercut al Qaeda, the Wall Street Journal reports
A smuggling tunnel on the Gaza-Egypt border (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer, File)
September 18, 2013, 2:50 pm
Assad using tunnels to smuggle arms to Hezbollah, Saudi daily claims
Opposition sources claim underground passageways have replaced vegetable trucks as means of getting Syrian chemical weapons to Lebanon
By Elhanan Miller
An Iraqi soldier stands guard in Qaim, near the Syrian border, in the Euphrates river valley 200 miles (320 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. (photo credit: AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
September 15, 2013, 1:08 pm
20 trucks with Syrian chemical equipment said sent to Iraq
Unconfirmed report in Lebanese newspaper echoes claims by Syrian rebels that Assad is hiding his WMD stocks to evade inspectors
By ToI Staff
In this Thursday Feb. 25, 2010 file photo, Hezbollah leader sheik Hassan Nasrallah, left, speaks with Syrian President Bashar Assad, and Iran's then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad upon their arrival for a dinner in Damascus, Syria. (photo credit: AP/SANA)
September 13, 2013, 10:25 am
Syrian rebel chief claims Assad gave Hezbollah nerve gas
Al-Labwani tells Saudi paper that Damascus transferred a ton of VX to Shiiite terrorists; FSA leader claims chemical weapons moved to Iraq, Lebanon
By Ilan Ben Zion
Free Syrian Army commander Gen. Salim Idris, who defected from the Syrian army, speaks during an interview in Antakya, Turkey in April. (photo credit: AP/Bela Szandelszky)
From the WebSeptember 13, 2013, 8:26 am
Rebel leader: Syria moving chemical weapons to Iraq, Lebanon
CNN: Baghdad rejects claim by Idris, saying it, a victim of Saddam Hussein’s WMD attacks, would never harbor such arms
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on March 24, 2011. (Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)
September 12, 2013, 2:43 pm
Arab daily says Israel behind Russian plan for Syria
Columnists warn that Obama’s face-saving will come at the expense of Syrian lives
By Elhanan Miller
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)
September 12, 2013, 12:58 pm
Syrian rebels reject bid to secure chemical weapons
Opposition commander calls for Assad and government ministers to face international court for chemical attacks
By AP and ToI Staff
Protesters carry an image of Syrian President Bashar Hafez al-Assad during a demonstration against US military action in Syria, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, in front of the White House in Washington (photo credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster)
September 10, 2013, 3:58 pm
A Russian proposal on Syria reshuffles the cards
The US offers to turn a page with Iran, ease sanctions, an Arab daily reports
By Elhanan Miller
This 1994 photo posted on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, purports to show then-captain Bashar Assad, looking at documents during a military project in Syria (photo credit: AP/Syrian Presidency via Facebook)
September 10, 2013, 9:42 am
Winning without chemical weapons
If Damascus hands over its nonconventional arms to international supervision, the move could strengthen Assad while embarrassing the US
By Avi Issacharoff
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