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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 346

UN observer mission

Civilians from the remaining rebel-held pockets of eastern Aleppo are evacuated from the embattled city by bus on December 19, 2016. (AFP/George Ourfalian)
December 19, 2016, 6:27 pm
UN unanimously backs sending observers to Aleppo
With Russia’s support, Security Council adopts resolution to monitor evacuations of remaining civilians trapped in besieged Syrian city
By Carole LANDRY
A man collects his belongings after his home was damaged due to heavy fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces in Aleppo, Syria, on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. (Narciso Contreras/AP)
December 4, 2012, 4:43 am
UN pulling staff from Syria, with violence near capital
Commercial flight turned back from Damascus as fighting rages between rebels and government forces
By Ben Hubbard and John Heilprin
Syrian children play near a destroyed military tank next to the rubble of a damaged building in town of Azaz on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria on Wednesday (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)
August 17, 2012, 4:35 pm
Aleppo clashes continue, rebels and military battle near airport
Thousands of refugees flee to Turkey as UN observer mission readies to leave Syria
Syrian President Bashar Assad delivers a speech at the parliament in Damascus, Syria, in June (photo credit: SANA/AP)
August 1, 2012, 7:24 pm
Assad urges soldiers into battle, but is nowhere to be seen
US calls Syrian president a coward; UN observers say jet fighters used against rebels
This image made from amateur video from Hama Revolution 2011 and accessed by AP video Friday, July 13, 2012 purports to show bodies of victims killed by violence that, according to anti-regime activists, was carried out by government forces in Tremseh, Syria. (photo credit: AP/Hama Revolution 2011 via AP video)
July 15, 2012, 2:42 pm
Syria says heavy weapons not used on civilians, denies weekend ‘massacre’
Foreign Ministry claims Friday’s attack was a ‘military operation,’ UN reports ‘pools of blood’ in Tremseh
This image made from amateur video accessed by AP on Friday purports to show families gathered around bodies of victims killed by violence that, according to anti-regime activists, was carried out by government forces in Tremseh, Syria. (photo credit: AP/Hama Revolution 2011)
July 14, 2012, 8:41 pm
UN observers enter site of reported Syria massacre
Activists say at least 150 people were gunned down in village of Tremseh by government troops
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the General Assembly regarding the situation in Syria in June (photo credit: Mary Altaffer/AP)
July 6, 2012, 9:23 pm
UN chief suggests reducing Syria monitors, shifting to political engagement
Observers have been confined to their hotels after repeatedly being fired upon
Syrian President Bashar Assad delivering a speech at the parliament in Damascus (photo credit: AP/SANA)
July 5, 2012, 2:40 pm
Assad says ‘overwhelming majority’ of Syrian people support him
UN Syrian observer: ‘Unprecedented levels’ of violence obstruct mission; Wikileaks reveals millions of secret Syrian emails
By AP and ToI Staff
Maj. Gen. Robert Mood, head of the UN observer mission in Syria, speaks to reporters after briefing the Security Council Tuesday on the situation in Syria. (photo credit: Mary Altaffer/AP)
June 20, 2012, 5:23 am
UN observers ‘not going anywhere,’ says Syria mission head
Maj. Gen. Robert Mood tells Security Council that his team came under direct fire at least 10 times
UN observers are seen at the Dama Rose hotel in Damascus, Syria on Sunday as violence rages throughout the country. (photo credit: Bassem Tellwai/AP)
June 17, 2012, 11:17 pm
UN observer mission head demands evacuation of Homs civilians
Maj. Gen. Robert Mood says such efforts have failed because government troops and rebels refuse to hold their fire
A Free Syrian Army fighter holds a rocket launcher during clashes with Syrian troops near Idlib, Syria, Friday. (photo credit: AP)
June 15, 2012, 8:35 pm
Syria observer chief: Escalating violence hinders mission
As a result of increasing violence by both parties, who disregard the cease-fire, the only functioning part of Annan’s peace plan is disintegrating, says Robert Mood
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and journalist Peter Greenberg on a bike. (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/Flash90)
June 10, 2012, 2:01 pm
Syrian massacre (again), Bibi-mania, and the Harpuzzle
Haaretz reports that Bild reports that the prime minister reports that his wife convinced him to free Shalit
By Ilan Ben Zion
Syrians attend an anti-Bashar Assad protest after Friday prayers on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria, Friday (photo credit: AP)
June 9, 2012, 4:32 am
UN team finds body parts at scene of latest Syria massacre
A day after being blocked from accessing rural village of Mazraat al-Qubair, observers report on the carnage (warning: graphic video)
Free Syrian Army members raise their weapons during a training session on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria, on Thursday (photo credit: AP)
June 8, 2012, 7:59 pm
Troops clash with rebel forces in Damascus following mass protest
UN observers succeed in entering site of most recent Syria massacre
Syria's former Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi (photo credit: AP/Bassem Tellawi)
May 27, 2012, 5:50 pm
Syrian government rejects responsibility for Friday’s Houla massacre
Foreign Ministry spokesman says soldiers were also attacked by armed gunmen, accuses the West for spinning ‘Tsunami of Lies’
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