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The YouTube War
In a conflict that has already yielded too many scenes of graphic horror, it takes a mere 27 seconds of video footage to plumb new depths of depravity. Posted on...
Syria’s Assad Says He Won’t Step Down
(BEIRUT) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down and will instead "face the storm," raising new doubts about a...
Top Russian Diplomat Explains Reasons for Syrian Arms Sales
In the past two weeks, the U.S. and its allies have done just about everything short of getting down on their collective knees and begging Russia to stop...
Syrian Troops Flush Out Rebels from Prison
(BEIRUT) — Syrian government troops on Thursday flushed out rebels who had stormed a prison compound in the northern city of Aleppo in a bid to free hundreds of...
Turkish PM Talks Syria With Obama at White House
(WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. and Turkey will keep ramping up pressure to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad from power, but...
Syrian Rebels Release 4 UN Filipino Peacekeepers
(DAMASCUS, Syria) — Syrian rebels on Sunday released four Filipino U.N. peacekeepers they abducted last week in a dramatic incident that prompted warnings from...
Syrian Warplanes Pound Rebel Positions in North
(BEIRUT) — Syrian warplanes pounded rebel targets in two northern provinces on Thursday as President Bashar Assad's troops pushed on with an offensive to reclaim...
Analysis: Syria Has Limited Response Options
(BEIRUT) — The Syrian regime on Tuesday dispatched an obscure proxy, a Damascus-based Palestinian militant group, to threaten retaliation for two Israeli...
White House: Assad Likely Behind Chemical Weapons Use
The White House says it's highly likely that Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, not the rebel opposition, was behind any chemical weapons use in Syria.
Syria’s Assad in Rare Visit as Rockets Hit Capital
(AMMAN, Jordan) — Syrian President Bashar Assad made a rare public appearance at a Damascus power station on Wednesday, while two bombs exploded near the city...
Syrian Rebels Shoot Down Regime Helicopter in East
(BEIRUT) — Syrian rebels shot down a military helicopter in the country's east, killing eight government troops on board a day after opposition forces entered a...
Syrian Opposition Blames Regime for Village Deaths
(BEIRUT) -- Syria's main opposition group on Friday accused President Bashar Assad's regime of committing a "large-scale massacre" in a Sunni village near the...
Officials: Israel Launches Airstrike into Syria
(WASHINGTON) — Israel launched an airstrike into Syria, apparently targeting a suspected weapons site, U.S. officials said Friday night. The strike occurred...
Hezbollah Warns of Possible Syria Intervention
(BEIRUT) — The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group said Tuesday that Syrian rebels will not be able to defeat President Bashar Assad's regime...
Syrian Troops Advance in Central City of Homs
(BEIRUT) — Activists say Syrian government troops are advancing in a push to oust rebels from the central city of Homs. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for...
Syrian Troops Capture Key Town Near Damascus
(BEIRUT) — After five weeks of battle, Syrian government troops captured a strategic town near Damascus, cutting an arms route for rebels trying to topple...
Kerry: NATO Needs Plan for Syrian Chemical Weapons
(BRUSSELS) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged NATO on Tuesday to prepare for the possible use of chemical weapons by Syria on the same day that a senior...
U.S. Readying Aid Package for Syrian Rebels
(ISTANBUL) — The U.S. readied a package Saturday of up to $130 million in nonlethal military aid to Syrian opposition forces while European countries consider...
Hezbollah-Backed Lebanese Shiites Fight in Syria
(AL QASR, Lebanon) — Masked men in camouflage toting Kalashnikov rifles fan out through a dusty olive grove, part of a group of Hezbollah-backed fighters from...
Arab League Gives Syrian Seat to Opposition
(DOHA, Qatar) — In a symbolic blow to embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad, senior Arab diplomats said Sunday that they will transfer Syria's seat in their...
