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Syria Opposition Signals Tough Line on Peace Talks
(BEIRUT) — Despite recent rebel setbacks in Syria's civil war, the main opposition bloc signaled a tough line Tuesday on attending possible peace talks with...
What Should Social-Media Sites Do About Syria's Savage War Videos?
If you try to post, say, the latest Taylor Swift music video on YouTube without permission, don't expect it to stay up long. Swift's record company will notify...
Kerry to Mideast to Advance Struggling Syria Plan
(WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State John Kerry headed back to the Middle East on Monday to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President...
The Belgian Teen Who Went to Fight in Syria: The Brian De Mulder Story
Like many boys in Antwerp, Brian De Mulder dreamed of being a professional footballer. His favorite team was continental powerhouse FC Barcelona and he sought to...
Syria Says It Destroys Israeli Vehicle in Golan
(DAMASCUS, Syria) -- The Syrian military says it has destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights. A statement issued by...
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...
UN: New Reports of Chemical Weapons Use in Syria
(UNITED NATIONS) — There are mounting reports of chemical weapons use as violence escalates in Syria, the U.N.'s top Mideast envoy said Wednesday. In response...
Syria Ex-minister Leads Rebuilding Plan
(BEIRUT) — A six-member U.N. team led by a former Syrian planning minister is drawing up a comprehensive postwar reconstruction plan even as the country's civil...
Syrian Troops Push into Strategic Rebel-held Town
(BEIRUT) — Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar...
Attacks Kill 95 in Iraq, Hint of Syrian Spillover
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's wave of bloodshed sharply escalated Monday with more than a dozen car bombings across the country, part of attacks that killed at least 95...
How Syria’s Rebels Aren’t Winning the War: The Anatomy of a Battle
The short message screeched over a walkie talkie, prompting the half a dozen rebels in the room who had been lounging on flat mattresses and drinking tea to jump...
Report: 23 Hezbollah Members Killed in Syria
(BEIRUT) — A Syrian group that tracks the country's civil war says 23 fighters from the militant group Hezbollah have been killed in fierce clashes in a...
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...
UN Assembly Expected to Approve Syria Resolution
(UNITED NATIONS) — The U.N. General Assembly is expected to approve Wednesday an Arab-backed resolution calling for a political transition in Syria and strongly...
UN General Assembly Approves Syria Resolution
(UNITED NATIONS) — The U.N. General Assembly approved an Arab-backed resolution Wednesday calling for a political transition in Syria, but more than 70 countries...
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...
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...
Syria Denies Involvement in Turkey Car Bombs
(DAMASCUS, Syria) — Syria on Sunday rejected Turkey's allegations that it was behind two car bombs that killed 46 people in Turkey and wounded dozens more. ...
