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Al Nusrah Front imposes sharia in eastern Syrian town
Eastern Syria has long been a haven for al Qaeda in Iraq, but now the terror group's affiliate is openly ruling a town near the Iraqi border.Israel reportedly strikes convoy of Syrian weapons
The Israeli Air Force reportedly carried out an airstrike on a Syrian weapons convoy overnight. Reports suggest that Russian-made SA-17 anti-aircraft missiles, believed to be headed for Hezbollah, were struck in Syria, not far from the Lebanese border.Syria's Aleppo University tries to carry on after mystery blasts
Syria gets 'blowback' after playing with fire in Iraq
The bodies of more than 100 men and boys, apparently executed, were pulled out of a river in Aleppo. After five days of fighting, rebels overran an intelligence complex in eastern Syria, freeing 11 from its prison facility. Syrian refugees exceed 700,000.
Inside the war for Syria's mountains
Al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate claims 2 more suicide attacks
The Al Nusrah Front has claimed credit for five of the six suicide attacks that have been reported in Syria so far this year.
Washington casts wary eye at Muslim Brotherhood
Pakistan still global jihad hub
Closer ties emerge between Sunni militants from Lebanon and Syria, officials say
Fighting in southwest Damascus caused the closure of the main highway to Deraa. Russian Prime Minister Medvedev said Assad's chances of staying in power were getting "smaller and smaller."
West's fears over Syria Islamists mount as coalition flounders
As fighting continued over the strategically important city of Homs, the government brought in pro-regime militia to target civilians. Government troops attacked rebels in Damascus. Rebels freed 100 inmates in battle at a major prison outside of Idlib. Two car bombs exploded in the Golan Heights.
Al Nusrah Front claims complex suicide assault on Syrian military base
The al Qaeda affiliate sent five suicide bombers to attack a Syrian military base near the Golan Heights in what the group described as "a compound special operation."
Government forces stepped up an offensive against a rebel-held area in Homs, bringing in ground reinforcements to secure a strategic road junction. Jordan's King Abdullah II said he did not expect the Assad regime to fall any time soon. A record number of refugees fled to Jordan this month.
Fighting in Damascus, Homs
Al Nusrah Front expels foreign correspondents, imposes veil
Government jets bombed rebel positions in Daraya, a strategic suburb close to a key air base southwest of Damascus. France said it saw no signs that the Assad regime was about to fall.
Russia's foreign minister said there could be no peaceful resolution of the conflict in Syria as long as rebels refused to negotiate with the Assad regime. Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said the scale of violence used by Syria's government meant a negotiated settlement was unthinkable.
Map: The countries most at risk for a coup in 2013
