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A house burns after Syrian government shelling in the Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs province, in this citizen journalism image. (file photo; photo credit: AP/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)
March 26, 2013, 3:10 pm
Mortars strike Damascus, killing at least one
Girl killed, several wounded in attack; in Homs, forces loyal to Assad seize poor neighborhood considered symbol of opposition
By Albert Aji and Ben Hubbard
Syrian Commander Riad al-Asaad appears on a video posted on the Free Syrian Army's Facebook page (photo credit: AP/Free Syrian Army)
March 25, 2013, 6:39 pm
Free Syrian Army leader wounded by car bomb
Air Force colonel who defected in 2011 loses foot while touring rebel-controlled town
By Ben Hubbard
Syrian opposition coalition leader Mouaz al-Khatib speaks during a press conference with US Secretary of State John Kerry, February 28, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Riccardo De Luca)
March 24, 2013, 11:40 pm
Syrian rebels flounder with no unified leadership
Breaks within the opposition revealed as president resigns and military chief refuses to recognize interim prime minister
By Ben Hubbard
Ghassan Hitto, the Syrian opposition's newly elected interim prime minister, center, is congratulated by other members after a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday (photo credit: AP)
March 20, 2013, 12:07 am
Meet Ghassan Hitto, the Syrian rebels’ leader
Welcomed by the US, newly elected interim PM also faces criticism from within opposition forces
By Ben Hubbard
Free Syrian Army fighters fire at government soldiers during a fierce firefight in Daraa al-Balad, Syria, on Monday March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)
March 19, 2013, 9:04 am
US won’t stop allies from arming Syrian rebels
While chances for negotiations seem remote, Washington still prefers a diplomatic solution to two-year-old civil war
By Ben Hubbard
Free Syrian Army fighters patrol in Syria, February 2013. (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)
March 18, 2013, 2:31 pm
Syria opposition pushes to form interim government
Efforts underway to bring together all factions and present rival administration to Assad
By Ben Hubbard
A Syrian flag billows in the wind as the conflict between rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar Assad enters its second year. (Photo by Hamad Almakt/Flash90)
March 16, 2013, 7:56 pm
High-ranking Syrian general defects from army
Maj. Gen. Mohammed Ezz al-Din Khalouf says that morale in Assad’s army is low and that many have lost faith in the regime
By Ben Hubbard
A Free Syrian Army fighter walks past destroyed shops in Aleppo, Syria, on Friday, February 8, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Abdullah Al-Yassin)
February 22, 2013, 10:10 pm
More than 200 kidnapped Syrian villagers released
The wave of abductions highlights how much the civil war has inflamed tensions between country’s myriad of religious groups
By Ben Hubbard
A displaced Syrian woman washes some clothes in front of her tent in the Azaz camp for displaced people, north of Aleppo province, Syria, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Manu Brabo)
February 18, 2013, 11:27 pm
UN panel says Syria war crimes should go to trial
But despite pleas from the anti-Assad opposition, even sympathetic powers are resistant to provide arms
By Ben Hubbard
Smoke and fire rising on a main highway in Damascus, Syria on Friday, February 8 (photo credit: AP/Ugarit News)
February 8, 2013, 5:21 pm
Syrian rebels close in on capital, block key highway
‘This is not the battle for Damascus. This battle is to prepare for the entry into Damascus,’ says an opposition spokesman
By Ben Hubbard
This undated image provided by Auroch Digital Ltd. shows the video game 'Endgame: Syria.' (photo credit: AP/Auroch Digital Ltd.)
January 18, 2013, 5:23 am
Syria’s civil war: the video game
Free online card game puts players in shoes of rebels trying to topple the Assad regime, seeks to educate about the conflict
By Ben Hubbard
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian people gather at the site after an explosion hit a university in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, January 15, 2013 (photo credit: AP/SANA)
January 16, 2013, 11:19 am
Death toll from Syria university blasts reaches 87
Regime, rebels trade accusations as to who launched attack on Aleppo campus
By Ben Hubbard
Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meets with UN Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, in Damascus on Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. (photo credit: SANA/AP)
December 25, 2012, 4:01 am
UN envoy to Syria ‘worried’ after talks with Assad
No indication of progress toward a negotiated solution for the civil war
By Ben Hubbard
Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, greets UN and Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi prior to their closed-door meeting in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Oct. 21 (photo credit: AP/SANA)
December 24, 2012, 1:29 pm
UN envoy calls situation ‘worrying’ after talks with Syria’s Assad
Lakhdar Brahimi has shown little progress in brokering a ceasefire since being appointed in September
By Ben Hubbard
Lakhdar Brahimi, Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, in November 2012 (photo credit: AP/Richard Drew)
December 23, 2012, 6:03 pm
UN special envoy visits Damascus to find end to conflict
Lakhdar Brahimi’s third trip to Syria since assuming post in August fails to generate optimism
By Ben Hubbard
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