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Ben Hubbard
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April 23, 2020, 3:24 pm
Warning shots: Israel spares Hezbollah fighters to avert a war
In attack last week, Israel deliberately avoided killing terror group members, and Hezbollah is taking a similar approach with Israelis, as both sides fear escalation, NYT reports
By
Ben Hubbard
and
Ronen Bergman
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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