UN in record Syria aid appeal as conflict deepens
Aleppo: The United Nations launched a record $5.2-billion aid appeal for Syria on Friday as regime forces sought to capitalise on recent victories over the rebels, sending reinforcements to...
View ArticleHezbollah Syria role divides Lebanon into two warring camps
A youth injured in a Beirut clash on Sunday between supporters and opponents of Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah has died of his wounds, an army spokesman said. The clash broke out in front of the...
View ArticleAnti-Hezbollah protester killed in Lebanon
BEIRUT — Men wielding batons and wearing yellow arm bands evoking Lebanon’s Hezbollah attacked protesters outside the Iranian Embassy in Beirut Sunday during a rally against the militant group’s...
View ArticleEntire Qusayr region falls under Assad regime control
DAMASCUS - Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have now seized all of the Qusayr area in central Syria, state television reported Saturday, as the United Nations launched a record aid appeal for...
View ArticleAssad forces set eyes on Aleppo after Qusayr victory
DAMASCUS - Regime forces buoyed by a key victory against rebels were preparing Sunday to launch an offensive aimed at expelling rebels from Aleppo in northern Syria, a security source said. With the...
View ArticleSyria forces ready to assault Aleppo
Free Syrian Army fighters rest in Aleppo's Karm al-Jabal district. The Syrian army is expected to target the northern city within days. Photo: Reuters Damascus: Syrian troops buoyed by victory in...
View ArticleSyria war effect reaches Beirut
A young Lebanese Shiite man demonstrating against Hezbollah's participation in Syria's war was shot and fatally wounded Sunday, in the first such incident in Beirut, a security official said. Shots...
View ArticleSyria Rebels Kill Dozens of Shiites in Village
BEIRUT—Syrian rebels have attacked a village in the country's east, killing dozens of local Shiites, activists said Wednesday, highlighting the increasingly sectarian nature of Syria's more than...
View ArticleFRANCE 24 Debate: Could the conflict in Syria push Lebanon over the edge?
Could the spillover from Syria's civil war push neighbouring Lebanon over the edge? Watch FRANCE 24's special edition of the Debate from the Lebanese capital of Beirut at 7:10pm (GMT +2) Wednesday. By...
View ArticleRockets Hit Lebanon From Syria
BEIRUT -- More than a dozen rockets and mortar rounds fired from Syria struck eastern Lebanon Saturday, security officials said, as tensions rise in the two countries' borderlands where Hezbollah...
View ArticleSyria helicopter strike prompts rare Lebanon warning
Lebanon's army warned it will hit back against any new attacks from Syria after a helicopter gunship struck an eastern town on Wednesday, ratcheting up tensions ahead of US-British talks on the...
View ArticleLibyan army chief of staff resigns after weekend violence
Libyan Army Chief of Staff Major General Yousef al-Mangoush has resigned after deadly clashes in Benghazi Saturday killed at least 31 people and wounded dozens of others. Clashes broke out when...
View Article60 Shiites killed in Syria as West seeks solution
Damascus: At least 60 Shiite villagers died in clashes with rebels in eastern Syria while twin suicide bombings hit Damascus as the West moved to support the opposition following battlefield losses...
View ArticleHezbollah, Iraqi fighters take up position in Syria
Story Highlights Rebels say thousands of fighters gathering outside DamascusFighters are from Hezbollah and the Iraqi Fadl BrigadesThe Fadl Brigades are Iranian-trained Shiite Muslim militants from...
View Article60 Shiites villagers killed in Syria
DAMASCUS - At least 60 Shiite villagers died in clashes with rebels in eastern Syria while twin suicide bombings hit Damascus as the West moved to support the opposition following battlefield losses...
View ArticleTwin explosions strike Syria's capital Damascus
Twin blasts hit a central square in Syria’s capital Damascus on Tuesday, killing at least two people according to both state media and opposition organisation the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights....
View ArticleDamascus car bombing kills 9 security forces members
A car bombing in Damascus on Sunday killed at least nine members of the security forces, a watchdog said, as regime warplanes bombarded the embattled Syrian town of Qusayr, a rebel holdout. The...
View ArticleSyria troops 'preparing for Aleppo assault'
Syrian government forces are reported to be preparing for a major offensive on rebel-held parts of the northern city of Aleppo and its surroundings. A security source said it would start "in the...
View ArticleSyria civil war: President Bashar al-Assad's forces plan assault on rebels...
Syrian government forces are reportedly preparing an assault on the north-west city of Aleppo, emboldened by their victory in the strategic town of Qusayr. The city is still split into rebel-held and...
View ArticleSyria army 'planning Aleppo assault'
Syrian government forces are reported to be preparing for a major offensive on rebel-held parts of the northern city of Aleppo and its surroundings. A Syrian security source said it would start "in...
View ArticleSyrian army to move on Aleppo
Bombardment: A fighter with the Free Syrian Army surveys the destruction in Aleppo. Photo: Reuters Syrian troops buoyed by victory in Qusair are preparing to launch a northern offensive, a security...
View ArticleBattle for Aleppo looming
DAMASCUS - Syrian troops buoyed by victory in Qusayr were preparing Sunday to launch a northern offensive, a security source said, as the conflict came to Beirut's streets where a young demonstrator...
View ArticleSyria forces ready Aleppo assault after Qusair victory
DAMASCUS: Syrian troops buoyed by victory in Qusair were preparing to launch a northern offensive, a security source said, as the conflict came to Beirut's streets where a young demonstrator was...
View ArticleWRAPUP 2-Syrian rebels pull back in Aleppo district
* Assad's forces battle for rebel-held district of Aleppo * Iran says some kidnapped men are retired military men * Rebels say they killed Russian military adviser * 240 people killed across Syria on...
View ArticleBattle for strategic Qusayr: Opposition calls for rebel reinforcements
BEIRUT - Syria's opposition urged fighters across the country Wednesday to "rush to the rescue" of rebel stronghold Qusayr and appealed to the international community to set up a humanitarian corridor...
View ArticleSyria Rebels's Tanks Launched On Police Academy Near Aleppo
BEIRUT -- Rebels backed by captured tanks launched a fresh offensive on a government complex housing a police academy near the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, prompting the government to respond...
View ArticleHezbollah sends more fighters to Syria battle
BEIRUT ' Dozens of people, mostly combatants, have been killed in ongoing battles for the Syrian town of Qusayr, a watchdog said on Tuesday, as Hezbollah sent new elite fighters to the rebel...
View ArticleNational Council: Hezbollah hit inside Syria with heavy weapons
DAMASCUS - Rebels pressed the "Battle of the airports" in the north on Sunday, attacking three key facilities as the main opposition bloc accused staunch Damascus ally Hezbollah of "military...
View ArticleRebels kill 14 soldiers in clashes with Syria army
related articles U.S. says new satellite images of Syria show Houla mass graves By Reuters and The Associated Press Jun.02,2012 | 2:48 PM Syrian rebels fighting to oust President Bashar Assad killed...
View ArticleHezbollah-backed Syrian troops tighten noose on rebels in Qusayr
BEIRUT - Fierce clashes between rebels and fighters loyal to President Bashar al-Assad's regime raged on Thursday around insurgent-held Qusayr in central Syria, a monitoring group said. An army...
View ArticleHassan Nasrallah to the World: 'We Will Never Leave Syria'
They say that in Lebanon, when Hassan Nasrallah speaks, everyone listens. On April 30, the Hezbollah chief made one of his most anticipated addresses since the start of the Arab Spring -- making it...
View ArticleStrategic city of Qusayr falls into hands of Assad forces
DAMASCUS - Syrian troops backed by Lebanon's Hezbollah on Sunday entered Qusayr, a strategic rebel stronghold linking Damascus to the coast, a day after President Bashar al-Assad insisted he would not...
View ArticleHezbollah under pressure over Syria fighting
Beirut: Lebanon's Shi’ite Hezbollah movement came under increasing pressure over accusations it is backing regime troops in Syria, as a rebel leader warned of the risk of sparking a sectarian war....
View ArticleAssad, Hezbollah forces enter Syria rebel town Qusayr
DAMASCUS: Syrian troops backed by fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah attacked and entered the strategic rebel stronghold of Qusayr on Sunday, a day after President Basharal-Assad insisted he would not...
View ArticleHezbollah sends new fighters to bloody Syria battle
DAMASCUS: Elite Hezbollah fighters poured across the border from Lebanon into Syria on Tuesday, a watchdog and others said, bolstering regime forces battling to retake the key rebel stronghold of...
View ArticleSyria rebels pounded, deny pilgrims kidnap
Regime forces launched a fierce assault on the rebel bastion of Rastan in central Syria on Wednesday, raining shells on the town before launching a ground attack, monitors and activists said. The...
View ArticleSyrian army launches fresh offensive to take Aleppo
DAMASCUS - Syria's army rained shells on rebel bastions in and around Damascus Tuesday and sent extra troops to second city Aleppo, as a watchdog said the death toll from 18 months of violence now...
View ArticlePressure builds up on Hezbollah to withdraw fighters from Syria
BEIRUT - Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah movement came under increasing pressure over accusations it is backing regime troops in Syria, as a rebel leader warned of the risk of sparking a sectarian war....
View ArticleSyrian rebel haven teeters — along with rebellion itself
Story Highlights If Assad regime captures Qusayr, it would control key supply routesSecretary of State John Kerry is trying to garner more support for rebels from U.S. alliesRebel-held areas outside...
View ArticleSyrian rebels pull back in Aleppo district
ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad's forces in the northern city of Aleppo have abandoned at least one position in a battered district where fighting has raged...
View ArticleSyria Army Steps Up Operations in Aleppo, Damascus
Damascus. Syria's army rained shells on rebel bastions in and around Damascus Tuesday and sent extra troops to second city Aleppo, as a watchdog said the death toll from 18 months of violence now...
View ArticleSyria opposition vows to fight on to topple president Bashar al-Assad
BEIRUT: Syria's opposition vowed on Wednesday to fight on to topple president Basharal-Assad, saying any political solution to the conflict must lead to the fall of the regime. The National Coalition...
View ArticleSyria opposition: any political solution must lead to regime fall
BEIRUT - Syria's opposition vowed Wednesday to fight on to topple President Bashar al-Assad, saying any political solution to the conflict must lead to the fall of the regime. The National Coalition...
View ArticleSyria army shifts to ‘war of highways’
BEIRUT ' Syria’s regime has changed strategy and is battling to seize main highways rather than spread its forces thin, aiming to regain key points and freeze the flow of fighters and arms towards...
View ArticleHezbollah fighters battle rebels near Syria capital: NGO
BEIRUT: Fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah joined Syrian troops battling rebels near Damascus on Wednesday, monitors said, as President Bashar al-Assad's regime kept up a push to cut off the...
View ArticleHezbollah fighters 'fight rebels near Syria capital'
Published June 19, 2013AFP Residents of Qusayr in Syria's central Homs province wave yellow Hezbollah flags on June 5. Fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah joined Syrian troops battling rebels near...
View ArticleSyrian forces storm rebel bastion of Qusayr
Syrian troops backed by Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Sunday entered Qusayr, a strategic rebel stronghold linking Damascus to the coast, a day after President Bashar Al Assad insisted he would not step aside....
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