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The First Real Test for Moderates in the Syrian Opposition

Daniel Nisman | Posted 06.17.2013 | World
Daniel Nisman

Since the conflict began in 2011, the growing influence of jihadist groups in Syria has been attributed to a lack of support from Western and moderate powers in the region.

Car Bomb Kills At Least 10 Soldiers In Damascus

AP | ZEINA KARAM | Posted 06.18.2013 | World

BEIRUT — Syria's president warned that Europe "will pay a price" if it delivers weapons to rebels fighting to topple him, saying in an interview...

Egypt & Syria: The Tie That Binds No More

Alexander Nicholson | Posted 06.16.2013 | World
Alexander Nicholson

Over the weekend, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi announced that he was cutting all ties with Syria, to include unilaterally ending the long-maintained diplomatic relationship between the two Arab countries and closing Egypt's embassy in Damascus.

Explosion Shakes Neighborhood Near Embassies In Damascus

AP | SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 06.17.2013 | World

BEIRUT — Four Shiite Lebanese men were killed Sunday in an ambush in a volatile area by the border with Syria, hiking already high sectarian ten...

WATCH: Dramatic Footage Shows Syrian Rebels Firing On Copter

Benjamin Hart | Posted 06.11.2013 | World

Dramatic, unverified new footage shows Syrian rebels firing a shoulder-mounted surface-to-air missile, hitting a presumably state-controlled helicopt...

Bombs Rip Through Police Station In Syrian Capital

AP | ALBERT AJI and ZEINA KARAM | Posted 06.12.2013 | World

DAMASCUS, Syria — Twin suicide bombers targeted a police station in the center of Damascus Tuesday, killing 14 people as regime forces aggressiv...

Mortar Shells Kill 1 Near Russian Embassy In Syria

AP | ALBERT AJI and BARBARA SURK | Posted 06.05.2013 | World

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian troops advanced toward the center of the strategic town of Qusair near the border with Lebanon and chased rebels from a...

More Syria Chemical Attacks Reported

Reuters | Posted 05.27.2013 | World

By Erika Solomon BEIRUT, May 27 (Reuters) - Heavy fighting raged around the strategic Syrian border town of Qusair and the capital Dam...

WATCH: Syrian Troops Capture Key Town Along Southern Highway

AP | KARIN LAUB and BASSEM MROUE | Posted 05.09.2013 | World

BEIRUT — A problem with a fiber optics cable was responsible for an Internet outage that cut off civil war-ravaged Syria from the rest of the wo...

Road to Damascus

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.07.2013 | Politics
Jeff Danziger

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Why Did Israel Bomb Syria? A Look At Reasons For Airstrikes

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 05.05.2013 | World

BEIRUT -- A look at the reasons for and possible implications of the escalation of Israel's involvement in Syria's civil war. WHY NOW?...

Out on a Presidential Limb

Dr. Charles G. Cogan | Posted 05.06.2013 | World
Dr. Charles G. Cogan

Perhaps out of logic, straightforwardness and/or a desire to meet the other halfway, President Obama appears to have a tendency to make commitments that later come back to bite him.

Hassan Nasrallah to the World: 'We Will Never Leave Syria'

Daniel Nisman | Posted 05.01.2013 | World
Daniel Nisman

On April 30, the Hezbollah chief made one of his most anticipated addresses since the start of the Arab Spring -- making it clear that despite the risks, his fighters will never abandon their support for the Assad regime.

Color Blind to Red Lines: No 'Best' Worst Options for Syria

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 05.01.2013 | World
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

I am resigned to having the U.S. remain color blind to red lines, largely because the options for credible retaliation are so wretchedly unpalatable. We will be hearing in the coming days about lots of options... until they are exposed to the cold, cruel light of day.

Syria: Destruction of Biblical Proportions

Marla Mossman | Posted 04.25.2013 | World
Marla Mossman

It's the sixth year since I traveled down the Levant from Turkey to Israel following the paths of the ancient trade routes. Today, Aleppo and Damascus are the hottest flash points in the ongoing civil war.

Syrian Troops Deal Major Blow To Rebels

AP | ZEINA KARAM | Posted 04.26.2013 | World

BEIRUT — After five weeks of battle, Syrian government troops captured a strategic town near Damascus, cutting an arms route for rebels trying t...

Native Informant

Mohammed Fairouz | Posted 04.22.2013 | Arts
Mohammed Fairouz

Much of the music on the Native Informant album speaks to my love for the Arab World, the beauty of its people, the generosity of its culture and my relationship with its artists and poets.

Hundreds Feared Dead In Damascus

AP | RYAN LUCAS | Posted 04.23.2013 | World

BEIRUT — After watching much of Syria's territory slip into rebel hands, President Bashar Assad's regime is focusing on the basics: shoring up i...

Syrian Government Official Assassinated In Damascus

AP | BARBARA SURK | Posted 04.20.2013 | World

BEIRUT — An artillery shell slammed into a pickup truck, killing nine members of a family during fierce fighting on Friday in Syria as U.S. offi...

Clashes, Air Strikes Rage Across Syria

AP | RYAN LUCAS | Posted 06.14.2013 | World

BEIRUT — Syrian government warplanes carried out airstrikes on a rebellious neighborhood in the capital and a village in the country's northeast...

Suicide Bombing Kills At Least 15 In Damascus

AP | ALBERT AJI and RYAN LUCAS | Posted 06.08.2013 | World

DAMASCUS, Syria — A suicide car bomber struck Monday in the financial heart of Syria's capital, killing at least 15 people, damaging the nearby ...

Fierce Clashes Reported In Damascus Outskirts

Agence France Presse | | Posted 06.02.2013 | World

Fighting between Syria's rebels and loyalist troops raged in two Damascus neighbourhoods on Tuesday while shelling of a village near the capital left ...

Historic Synagogue Looted, Syrian Officials Say

AP | BEN HUBBARD | Posted 06.01.2013 | World

BEIRUT — March was the bloodiest month yet in Syria's 2-year-old conflict with more than 6,000 documented deaths, a leading anti-regime activist...

The Road to Damascus Is Fraught With Pitfalls -- for the U.S.

Claude Salhani | Posted 05.29.2013 | World
Claude Salhani

U.S. troops to help stop a civil war in an Arab and/or Muslim country? Hold on just a minute! Rewind the tape. The last two Muslim nations in which the U.S. intervened militarily -- Afghanistan and Iraq -- actually helped ignite and perpetuate a civil war.

Syria State Media Says At Least 15 Killed, 20 Wounded In University Attack

AP | BEN HUBBARD | Posted 05.28.2013 | World

BEIRUT — Mortar shells crashed into an outdoor cafe at Damascus University on Thursday, killing at least 10 students in the deadliest of a risin...