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Assad Regime Airstrike Hits Damascus Neighborhood, Say Activists
Photos emerged Tuesday of the grim aftermath of what anti-regime activists say was a targeted airstrike by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad on the embattled Damascus district of Douma. Activists allege government …
Israel Allegedly Behind Another Syrian Airstrike
But, as usual, the Israeli government is not commenting on reports of a strike on a Syrian weapons depot
Inspectors Start Destroying Syria’s Chemical Weapons
The U.N. hopes to destroy Assad’s chemical weapons and the machinery used to create them by Nov. 1
Report: Syria Holding Tens of Thousands of Political Prisoners
Human Rights Watch says many of the jailed regime opponents, including businessmen, medics, and software developers, are being tortured
Life on the Golan Heights Echoes Israel’s Policy With Syria
For Israelis living within sight of Syria — and earshot of the war raging there — daily life presents a peculiar duality. On their side of the line, routines proceed with a kind of neighborly fellow feeling that reminds Nadav …
U.N. Report Confirms Chemical Weapons Were Used in Syria
A U.N. investigation into the use of chemical weapons in Syria concluded “with clear and convincing evidence” that the Aug. 21 attack involved chemical weapons. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the attack a “war crime” in an opening statement to the report, released Monday to the U.N. Security Council.
The U.N. report, per …
Syria’s Assad Regime Prepares for an American Assault
The regime is responding with defensive measures that could change the face of the war, according to rebel commanders and witnesses inside the country
The Known Knowns and Known Unknowns of a Chemical Attack in Syria
On Thursday, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius offered what is perhaps the most vehement reaction so far to opposition allegations that the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad used chemical-warfare agents against …
Syrian Opposition Says Deadly Chemical Attack Kills Hundreds in Damascus
Grisly footage from suburbs of Damascus appear to show the shocking effects of a chemical weapons strike. But who is behind the attack?
Why Reports of Chemical Weapons Attacks in Syria May Never Be Confirmed
Updated April 13, 2013
One witness said he smelled chlorine. Another remembered the scent of rotting garbage. There were photos of dead farm animals in a yard, and video footage of survivors struggling to breathe. But of the …
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Portrait of an Activist: Razan Ghazzawi, the Syrian Blogger Turned Exile
On July 18 Razan Ghazzawi, a Syrian blogger and media activist, was in the city of Douma, 45 minutes outside the capital, when she received a call: Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters, dug in in the central Damascus neighborhood of …