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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 532

Syrian Opposition Coalition

A man weeps over his child at a makeshift morgue in Douma who was killed in airstrikes on the Syrian village of Mesraba in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on February 19, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Hamza Al-Ajweh)
February 20, 2018, 3:18 pm
Nearly 200 civilians dead in Syria rebel enclave as tragedy unfolds
UN warns situation in Eastern Ghouta ‘spiraling out of control,’ as 57 children are killed in bloodiest bombardments in four years
By Abdulmonam Eassa
The bodies of civilians who were killed in Syrian army bombardment on the town of Hamouria in the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta are seen lying on the ground at a make-shift morgue the morning after the attacks on February 20, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / ABDULMONAM EASSA)
February 20, 2018, 11:50 am
100 civilians, including 20 children, killed in worst Syria shelling since 2015
Opposition decries ‘war of extermination’ as tragedy unfolds in Eastern Ghouta, where dust-covered, wailing toddlers arrive at hospital
By Abdulmonam Eassa
Syrian rebels fire locally made shells against Syrian government forces, in Aleppo, Syria, February 15, 2015 (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, Aleppo Media Center)
October 11, 2016, 3:05 pm
Syria opposition seeks anti-aircraft weapons
Arab nations call for strengthening rebels’ weaponry, changing balance of power; US concerned about arming extremists
By AFP
In this Friday, Jan. 6, 2012 photo, Kamal al-Labwani, 54, speaks to a crowd during an anti-Assad rally in Amman, Jordan (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Hannon)
September 11, 2014, 10:03 pm
Syrian opposition leader skeptical of US plan to arm rebels
‘Syria needs institutions before weapons,’ Kamal Labwani says of Obama’s move to rally moderate fighters against Islamic State
By Elhanan Miller
Syrian oppositionist Kamal Al-Labwani at an anti-Assad demonstration in Paris, June 12, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Jacques Brinon)
April 30, 2014, 10:24 am
Israel is our last hope, indicates Syrian dissident
The West and the Arabs have created a ‘fake’ Syrian opposition to keep Assad in power, says veteran oppositionist Kamal Labwani
By Elhanan Miller
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem attends the Geneva II peace talks on Syria in Montreux, Switzerland, on January 22, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Keystone/Martial Trezzini)
January 26, 2014, 3:49 pm
Little progress in Syria talks as violence endures
Mortars hit Homs as delegates from Assad government, opposition discuss aid and prisoners
By Zeina Karam
Amhad al-Jarba, the head of Syria's Western-backed Syrian National Coalition, holds up an image of alleged torture victims, during Syrian peace talks in Montreux, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2014 (photo credit: AP)
January 22, 2014, 8:46 pm
Talks underway, rebels prepare to take Assad to court
Syrian oppositionist Haitham Maleh says he has gathered evidence of regime’s crimes and is submitting it to The Hague
By Elhanan Miller and AP
Residents inspect damaged buildings following government airstrikes in Aleppo, Syria, Dec. 23, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center AMC)
January 21, 2014, 12:46 am
US hails decision to disinvite Iran from Syria meet
‘All parties can now return to focus on the task at hand,’ says State Dept. spokeperson
By Matthew Lee
Syrian rebels prepare to fire locally made rockets in Idlib province, northern Syria (photo credit: AP/Edlib News Network ENN)
December 13, 2013, 4:00 pm
‘Who moved my weapons?’
Arab dailies report on Syrian opposition fragmentation while columnists eulogize Mandela, wondering why no Arab leader has yet emerged in his image
By Elhanan Miller
Syrian President Bashar Assad (photo credit: AP/SANA)
October 29, 2013, 3:48 pm
Assad, fighter of terror
After all else has failed, the Syrian president is successfully marketing himself as an ally of the West in its war against extremism
By Elhanan Miller
Members of the Syrian Opposition Coalition, including the group's President Ahmed Jarba, center, Heitham Al-Maleh, left, and Salem Al-Muslit speak to the media at the British Foreign Office in London Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Alastair Grant)
October 23, 2013, 3:09 pm
For West, Syrian opposition playing hard to get
Saudi security officials voice public critique of US policy on Syria and Iran, threatening relations downgrade
By Elhanan Miller
President Bashar Assad gestures as he speaks during an interview with Lebanon’s Al-Mayadeen TV, at the presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Oct. 21, 2013 (photo credit: AP/SANA)
October 22, 2013, 4:45 pm
Who’s coming to Geneva 2 talks on Syria?
Arab Spring revolutions were not Islamic in nature, claims former Libyan head of state
By Elhanan Miller
President Barack Obama delivers remarks about the crisis in Syria in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
September 8, 2013, 12:45 pm
Obama still on Arab minds
Asma Assad, wife of the Syrian dictator, unsuccessfully searches for a European school for her son
By Elhanan Miller
A US Air Force plane takes off as a Turkish Air Force fighter jet taxis at the Incirlik airbase, southern Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Vadim Ghirda)
September 1, 2013, 7:14 pm
Syrian opposition urges Congress to okay strike, more arms
Anti-Assad rebels say lack of action will only encourage other dictators to commit similar ‘outrageous breach of international norms’
By AP
Head of the Syrian National Coalition Moaz al-Khatib speaks during a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, March 18, 2013. (photo credit: AP)
March 27, 2013, 6:19 pm
Syrian opposition opens embassy in Qatar
Syrian National Coalition flag hoisted at inauguration ceremony in Doha attended by Arab and Western ambassadors
By ToI Staff and AP
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