Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )

Syria, Israel exchange fire across cease-fire line

2013-05-21 11:57:00

BEIRUT -- Syria said Tuesday that its forces had destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed into Syrian territory from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, an account disputed by Israel, which said that shots were fired at a patrol inside Israeli-controlled...

Syria's government presses battle in key rebel city of Qusair

2013-05-20 08:11:00

BEIRUT -- Renewed clashes were reported Monday in the strategic Syrian city of Qusair, where government forces pressed an offensive aimed at chasing rebels from the supply and logistics hub. There were conflicting accounts from the government and the...

Syria launches major assault on strategic rebel stronghold

2013-05-19 22:51:00

BEIRUT — Syrian forces launched a large-scale assault Sunday on the city of Qusair, a rebel stronghold near the Lebanese border, in the government's latest effort to push back opposition fighters from strategic areas of the country. The opposition...

Fears grow of clash between Israel and Syria

2013-05-19 09:48:00

JERUSALEM — Fears about a possible escalation of violence between Israel and Syria grew Sunday amid renewed Israeli threats to destroy Syrian weapons caches and Syria's warnings of retaliation. After decades of relative calm along the two nations&...

Syria's Assad dubious of U.S.-Russia peace initiative

2013-05-18 18:49:00

BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad has expressed skepticism that a planned U.S.-Russian peace conference could help stop the bloodshed in his country, according to an interview published Saturday in an Argentine newspaper. The Syrian leader...

Obama says U.S. won't act alone on chemical weapons in Syria

2013-05-16 12:12:00

WASHINGTON--President Obama on Thursday ruled out any unilateral U.S action in response to the alleged Syrian use of chemical weapons, further reducing the chance of any forceful response to the crossing of what Obama had described as a “red line.&...

U.S. announces new sanctions against Syria

2013-05-16 14:03:00

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Treasury Department announced new sanctions against the Syrian government Thursday, blacklisting four senior officials, a private television station that it said had colluded with Syrian authorities and an airline it accused of...

Syria portrait master finds new audience

2013-05-14 07:00:00

REYHANLI, Turkey — On the second floor of a nursery school in a Turkish border town, artist Nader Haj Kadour preferred talking about painting butterflies than painting Syrian President Bashar Assad. The classically trained Syrian artist pointed to...

New videos from Syria spotlight conflict's brutality

2013-05-16 18:05:00

New video surfaced on the Internet on Thursday purporting to show Syrian rebel fighters killing 11 prisoners they accused of taking part in massacres by forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. It was the latest of many grisly videos that have...

Obama says U.S. won't act alone on Syria

2013-05-16 16:50:00

WASHINGTON — President Obama on Thursday ruled out unilateral U.S. military action in Syria even if proof emerges that Syrian forces have used lethal chemical weapons. "This is … an international problem," Obama said at a White House news...

Turkey bombings prompt outcry over support for Syria rebels

2013-05-13 17:06:00

ISTANBUL, Turkey — Deadly weekend car bombings in a southern Turkish city have galvanized domestic opposition to the government's steadfast support for Syrian rebels amid fears that Turkey is being dragged into the bloody conflict across its border....

The Week Ahead: Imelda's back, Iran at impasse, Syria in turmoil

2013-05-13 04:00:00

Marcos dynasty enhancing its political comeback in the Philippines Monday, May 13 -- Unrepentant over her role as treasure-squandering first lady, the widow of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos is poised for victory in Monday’s...

President Bashar Assad delivers a speech outlining his plan to end the conflict in Syria in Damascus on Sunday.

2013-01-07 13:43:00

Turkish and Syrian protesters shout slogans against Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in Istanbul, Turkey on July 14, 2012.

2012-07-14 00:00:00

People in Qusair take part in a protest against Syrian President Bashar Assad.

2012-04-13 00:00:00