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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 563

Syrian revolution

Illustrative: Palestinian Hamas fighters and people gather in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, as preparations take place for the release of three Israeli hostages as part of the seventh hostage-prisoner swap on February 22, 2025. (Bashar Taleb / AFP)
March 2, 2025, 3:52 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 2: Day 513 – Israel cites a Trump game plan but Hamas won’t play ball
Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman on a new proposal to extend phase one of the ceasefire, IDF coming to defense of Syria’s Druze, and whether Israel should be wary of a fickle Trump
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
Ahmed el-Tayeb, the grand Sheik of Cairo's Al-Azhar, in a photo from 2011 [photo credit: AP]
October 8, 2014, 5:33 am
Establishment Islam’s spiritual leaders start to hit back at ISIS
For some mainstream clerics across the Arab world, the Islamic State is both a religious travesty and a PR problem
By Elhanan Miller
Syrian government forces inspect damage in Homs, Syria, Thursday, May 8, 2014. (photo credit: AP)
May 9, 2014, 4:43 pm
The fall of Homs
Opposition could still gain control over the city in the future, says Free Syrian Army commander
By Elhanan Miller
Anti-government protesters take a break on a barricade at Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 (photo credit: AP/ Marko Drobnjakovic)
February 21, 2014, 3:58 pm
Arabs look at Kiev and see Damascus
Putin is to blame for the bloodshed in both Syria and Ukraine, with Europe’s complicity, argues editorial
By Elhanan Miller
In this undated picture released on Friday, November 29, 2013, and posted on the Facebook page of a militant group, members of Ahrar al-Sham brigade, one of the Syrian rebels groups, exercise in a training camp at unknown place in Syria. (AP Photo)
December 19, 2013, 10:23 pm
Syria militants go after opposition activists
Secular anti-Assad campaigners seen fleeing the country as threat of abduction and killing by Islamist rebel factions grows
By Diaa Hadid and Bassam Mroue
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, front row left, leads the Eid al-Fitr prayer, marking the start in Iran of the Eid al-Fitr holiday Aug. 9, 2013 (AP Photo/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)
From the WebAugust 11, 2013, 4:46 pm
Ansar al-Islam calls for Sunni jihad against Iran
Umbrella group of jihadists urges struggle against Shiites as sects fight each other in Iraq and Syria, Rudaw reports
Hezbollah fighters in military uniform carry the coffin of one of their own, Hassan Faisal Shuker, 18, who was killed in a battle against Syrian rebels in the town of Qusair, Syria, in May, 2013 (photo credit: AP)
July 24, 2013, 9:11 pm
Hezbollah burying hundreds of its fighters in Syria, rebels claim
Shiite movement said resorting to use of mass graves to evade backlash from victims’ families amid growing criticism of its role in bolstering Assad
By Elhanan Miller
Itamar Rabinovich
May 17, 2013, 6:53 pm
Itamar Rabinovich
Syria: Time for Israel to reassess
With Russia upping the stakes and the US and Turkey opting out of the fray, Israel appears to be headed for a collision
Ilan Manor
April 30, 2013, 7:13 pm
Ilan Manor
Deja Shoe: Iraq, Afghanistan and now Syria
Obama and Co are dithering over red lines, but with more than 80,000 Syrians dead, the question isn’t chemical, it’s moral
Marc Goldberg
April 29, 2013, 10:42 am
Marc Goldberg
America’s toxic Syria quandary
As poison gas forces Barack Obama’s hand, the stakes are enormous, and every possible path leads to tragedy
US Secretary of State John Kerry, center, and members of the Friends of Syria group during a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, April 20, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Hakan Goktepe)
April 22, 2013, 12:40 pm
Syria: Opposition chief Khatib calls it quits
Disgruntled leader resigns over Western refusal to provide weapons; Saudi says he’s found site of Noah’s flood
By Michael Bassin
Egyptian medics and army personnel escort former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from a helicopter ambulance, after it landed at Maadi Military Hospital, following a hearing in his retrial in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, on April 13, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)
April 14, 2013, 2:51 pm
Egypt: Mubarak finally smiles
Judge resigns at opening session of former president’s retrial; interim Syrian opposition PM accepting CVs for government posts
By Michael Bassin
Lawrence Solomon
March 31, 2013, 2:52 am
Lawrence Solomon
Syria: divided we stand
Why push for a united Syria, which is sure to be Islamist, when minority self-rule would bolster peace and security?
A Syrian refugee boy runs to his family tent at Zaatari Syrian refugee camp, near the Syrian border in Mafraq, Jordan, on January 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
March 24, 2013, 1:12 pm
Rebels clash with Syrian troops near Jordan border
Opposition victory in the region would deprive Assad of control over key areas
President Barack Obama listens as Jordan's King Abdullah II speaks during their joint new conference at the King's Palace in Amman, Jordan Friday, March 22, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
March 22, 2013, 9:13 pm
Obama predicts Assad’s downfall
In Jordan, US president says he worries about Syria becoming a haven for extremists, calls for international cohesion to face threat
By Matthew Lee
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