Articles
Killing of 4 Shiites in Lebanon Deepens Tension
(BEIRUT) — Four Shiite Lebanese men were killed Sunday in an ambush in a volatile area by the border with Syria, hiking already high sectarian tensions and...
The Syrian War: Israel and U.S. Coordinating How to Target Assad’s Arsenal
52 days after an Israeli general publicly declared that Syria has used chemical weapons against rebels, the Obama administration reached the same conclusion, and...
U.S. Officials Say Assad Used Chem Waseapons
(WASHINGTON) — US officials say the Obama administration has concluded that Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has used chemical weapons against the...
Keeping Assad in Power
Boasting about one’s weaponry is nothing unusual in war, where there’s little way of confirming the veracity of the claim. In that, Syrian President Bashar...
Syria’s Air Defense Arsenal: The Russian Missiles Keeping Assad in Power
Boasting about one’s weaponry is nothing unusual in war, where there’s little way of confirming the veracity of the claim. In that, Syrian President Bashar Assad...
Photo Essays
Aleppo: Scenes from a City of Ruins
Italian photographer Alessio Romenzi has been chronicling the Syrian civil war for months. The following pictures of his are from a few days in mid-April spent...
Chaos and Killing in Syria: Photos of a Slow-Motion Civil War
Nearly two years ago, Arab Spring–inspired protests kicked off in the impoverished Syrian agricultural town of Dara‘a. The mini-uprising, defined by its peaceful...
Articles from Around the Web
U. S. says Syria used chemical weapons, will send arms to rebels
White House declares that the government of Bashar Assad crossed a' red line' with sarin gas in spring. Some U.S. lawmakers call for more forceful action. WASHINGTON -- The...
Hezbollah fighter tells of Syria battle
' It was a street war' in the town of Qusair, says a militant with the Lebanese Shiite group that has aligned itself with President Bashar Assad's troops against rebel factions...
Syria loyalists in Damascus cheered by Qusair victory
Supporters of Syria's Bashar Assad in a Damascus neighborhood believe the long war is at a turning point after successes in Qusair and elsewhere... of President Bashar Assad. ...
Syrian forces retake strategic town of Qusair
BEIRUT -- The retaking of the strategic Syrian town of Qusair by government forces Wednesday dealt a pivotal setback to rebels who in recent weeks have lost a string of battles to President Bashar Assad ...
