Al Jazeera English
| Mar 21, 2013
A senior pro-government cleric is among dozens who were killed in a suicide attack in the Syrian capital Damascus. Mohammed Said al-Bouti was one of only a handful of Sunni clerics close to the Assad government. At least 84 people were wounded in ...
Democracy Now!
| Mar 15, 2013
Today marks the second anniversary of the uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a conflict that has killed more than 70,000 people and created at least 1 million refugees. We're joined by Rim Turkmani, an astrophysicist and member of ...
Al Jazeera English
| Feb 23, 2013
Syria's main opposition group is pulling out of a series of international meetings in protest over the continuing violence in the country. The Syrian National Coalition said Russia "bears moral and political responsibility" for supplying weapons t...
Al Jazeera English
| Jan 16, 2013
In a refugee camp in southeast Turkey, Syrian refugees are getting a taste of democracy. Elections are being held for a council to run the camp known as "Container City." The candidates -- who include plenty of women -- describe the vote as prepar...
Al Jazeera English
| Dec 20, 2012
The Syrian civil war has become so sectarian that fighting could continue for years even if Bashar al-Assad relinquished power tomorrow, United Nations investigators warn in a bleak assessment of the conflict. Foreign fighters are pouring in to ai...
Al Jazeera English
| Dec 12, 2012
The US has joined 129 other countries in formally recognizing Syria's new opposition coalition as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people. At a "Friends of Syria" conference however, a coalition spokesman said the opposition needs "reco...
Associated Press
| Nov 25, 2012
Amateur video shows rebel fighters surveying the smoldering shells of two destroyed helicopters after having taken control of the Marj al-Sultan air base outside of Damascus, Syria. Anti-Assad forces have had success in the north, but have yet to ...
— Dec 30, 2012 at 05:09 pm
...Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters President Bashar al-Assad's forces recaptured a town in western Syria in clashes that brought urgency to a warning by UN ...
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