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President Assad says Syria able to face Israel
In his first response to Israel's weekend airstrikes, President Bashar Assad said Tuesday that Syria is capable of facing Israel, but stopped short ...
Analysis: Syria has limited response options
The Syrian regime on Tuesday dispatched an obscure proxy, a Damascus-based Palestinian militant group, to threaten retaliation for two Israeli ...
Israeli airstrike in Syria aimed at Iran
From Israel's perspective, its airstrikes near Damascus were more about Iran than Syria: Tehran's shipment of guided missiles destroyed in the weekend ...
Israeli airstrikes on Syria prompt threats, anger
Israel rushed to beef up its rocket defenses on its northern border Sunday to shield against possible retaliation after carrying out two airstrikes ...
Syrian rebels enter northern air base
Rebels occupied Sunday parts of a military air base in northern Syria after days of fighting with government troops who have been defending the ...
A look at the missile reportedly targeted in Syria
Israel has carried out airstrikes against Syria twice in the past three days, targeting what officials say are shipments of highly accurate, ...
Sunnis flee Syrian city after reports of killings
Thousands of Sunni Muslims fled a Syrian coastal town Saturday, a day after reports circulated that dozens of people, including children, had been ...
Sectarian killings reported in Syrian village
The bodies of the Syrian boys and young men in jeans and casual shirts were strewn along a blood-stained pavement, dying apparently where they fell.
Lebanon: Main suspect in 2011 kidnapping arrested
Security forces have arrested the main suspect in the 2011 kidnapping of seven Estonian tourists and the more recent abduction of a Lebanese citizen ...
Syria's Assad in rare visit as rockets hit capital
Syrian President Bashar Assad made a rare public appearance at a Damascus power station on Wednesday, while two bombs exploded near the city center, ...
Hezbollah warns of possible Syria intervention
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group said Tuesday that Syrian rebels will not be able to defeat President Bashar Assad's regime ...
Hezbollah hints at possible Syria intervention
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 prime minister escapes bombing in Damascus
Syria's prime minister narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in the heart of the heavily defended capital Monday, state media said, laying bare ...
Syrian premier escapes bomb attack in Damascus
Syria's prime minister escaped an assassination attempt Monday when a bomb exploded near his convoy in Damascus, state media reported, in the latest ...
Major assassination attempts in Syria's conflict
Syrian opposition forces have targeted government officials, army and police officers and civil servants in their campaign to topple President Bashar ...
Pattern seen in alleged chemical arms use in Syria
The instances in which chemical weapons are alleged to have been used in Syria were purportedly small in scale: nothing along the lines of Saddam ...
Syrian rebels, troops clash at 3 air bases
Syrian rebels seeking to topple President Bashar Assad fought intense battles with his troops on Sunday to try to seize control of three military air ...
Rebels attack sprawling air base in northern Syria
Syrian rebels attacked a sprawling military air base in the country's northwest on Saturday, while opposition forces assaulted a string of army ...
Israel fears end to 40-year peace on Syrian front
Against a vista of green fields and snowcapped mountains, all is silent but for a gusting wind. Then comes a burst of gunfire from the Syrian civil ...
Syrian troops capture key town near Damascus
After five weeks of battle, Syrian government troops captured a strategic town near Damascus, cutting an arms route for rebels trying to topple ...
Israel shoots down drone, Hezbollah suspected
Israel shot down a drone Thursday as it approached its northern coast from neighboring Lebanon, raising suspicions that the Hezbollah militant group ...
Minaret of famed mosque in Syria destroyed
The 11th-century minaret of a famed mosque that towered over the narrow stone alleyways of Aleppo's old quarter collapsed Wednesday as rebels and ...
Minaret of landmark mosque in Syria destroyed
The minaret of a landmark 12th century mosque in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo was destroyed Wednesday, leaving the once-soaring stone tower a ...