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  • Nations to boost aid to Syria rebels

    Nations to boost aid to Syria rebels

    AMMAN, May 23, 2013 (AFP) - World powers urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to commit to peace, but warned Thursday that if he fails to negotiate a political transition they would boost their backing of the opposition.

    May 23, 2013
  • Iranians joining Hezbollah in Syria battle

    Iranians joining Hezbollah in Syria battle

    Iranians are working alongside Hezbollah fighters to back Syrian troops battling to retake the rebel stronghold of Qusayr amid fears of a civilian massacre, a US official said Tuesday.

    May 22, 2013
  • Israeli troops in Golan return Syria fire

    Israeli troops in Golan return Syria fire

    Israeli soldiers patrolling the disputed Golan Heights along the border with Syria fired back after coming under fire overnight, an Israeli Defense Forces statement said Tuesday.

    May 21, 2013
  • Syrian forces storm rebel bastion of Qusayr

    Syrian forces storm rebel bastion of Qusayr

    DAMASCUS, May 20, 2013 (AFP) - Syrian troops backed by Lebanon's Hezbollah have entered Qusayr, a strategic rebel stronghold linking Damascus to the coast, a day after President Bashar al-Assad insisted he would not step aside.

    May 20, 2013
  • Gunmen abduct father of Syria deputy FM

    Gunmen abduct father of Syria deputy FM

    BEIRUT, May 19, 2013 (AFP) - Gunmen abducted the elderly father of Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Muqdad on Saturday, apparently in reprisal for the arrest of one of their relatives, according to a government source and a watchdog.

    May 19, 2013
  • Russia's missile shipment will embolden Syria

    Russia's missile shipment will embolden Syria

    WASHINGTON, May 18, 2013 (AFP) - Russia's shipment of anti-ship missiles to Syria will "embolden" the regime and fuel the country's civil war, the US military's top officer said Friday.

    May 18, 2013
  • UN slams Assad 'escalation' in Syria war

    UN slams Assad 'escalation' in Syria war

    UNITED NATIONS, May 16, 2013 (AFP) - The UN General Assembly condemned President Bashar al-Assad's "escalation" of the Syrian war on Wednesday as rebels battled to free inmates from a prison in the key city of Aleppo.

    May 16, 2013
  • Syria rebel defends gruesome video as revenge

    Syria rebel defends gruesome video as revenge

    BEIRUT, May 15, 2013 (AFP) - A Syrian rebel who was filmed apparently cutting out and eating the organs of a soldier has defended his actions as revenge for regime atrocities, Time magazine reported on Tuesday.

    May 15, 2013
  • US pushes for Syrian peace talks

    US pushes for Syrian peace talks

    WASHINGTON, May 15, 2013 (AFP) - International efforts to organize a peace conference designed to end the war in Syria gathered pace on Tuesday as the spiraling death toll and reports of atrocities by both sides raised alarm.

    May 15, 2013
  • US, Britain press Russia on Syria

    US, Britain press Russia on Syria

    WASHINGTON, May 14, 2013 (AFP) - The United States and Britain stepped up pressure on Russia over Syria on Monday, but President Barack Obama warned old suspicions could trample new "common ground" on the crisis.

    May 14, 2013
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