US Citizen Is Picked as Syria Opposition’s Prime Minister

Syrian Conflict Extends To Border With Israel

The opposition Syrian National Coalition met in Istanbul to form an interim government. After a yearlong siege, rebels broke through a blockade of the city of Homs. Government jets attacked Syrian rebels inside Lebanon; the US State Department called it a “significant escalation.”

The War Creeps Closer To Damascus

From teenage graffiti to a country in ruins: Syria’s two years of rebellion

The Free Syrian Army Doesn’t Exist

In Aleppo province, rebels have seized several weapons depots after days of heavy fighting. In the south near the Golan Heights, rebels seized a military intelligence compound and command center from pro-Assad militias. President Assad made an appeal to BRIC nations to intervene in the conflict.

The Destruction of a Nation: Syria’s War Revealed in Satellite Imagery

Rebels extended their control over parts of Ghouta, an agricultural area to the south and east of Damascus. Damascus airport remains closed to civilian traffic, but Iranian planes land every two to three days allegedly bringing arms to the Assad regime. A brigadier general and 20 soldiers defected.

CIA begins sizing up Islamic extremists in Syria for drone strikes

War draws closer to Lebanon with Syrian threat of attack

Israel-Syria Border Becomes Flashpoint

In Battle for Highway in North, Syria’s Civil War Writ Small

The first Syrian rebels trained by the US in Jordan returned to Syria. EU governments rejected French and British efforts to end an arms embargo on Syrian rebels. The Syrian government threatened military action against rebels hiding in neighboring Lebanon.

Report: Syrian regime being aided from 12 countries

West tiptoes into Syrian war hoping to boost more secular rebels

The Path to Radicalization: Following a German Salafist to Egypt

In Syrian Clash Over ‘Death Highway,’ a Bitterly Personal War

US sending Free Syrian Army 200,000 halal MREs

Iran and Hezbollah ‘have built 50,000-strong force to help Syrian regime’

Iran accelerated its military support for the Assad regime, alongside Russia. Britain and France pushed the EU to lift its arms embargo on Syrian rebels. They were prepared to arm the rebels even without unanimous EU support. Russia said arming the rebels would be illegal.

Iran steps up weapons lifeline to Syria’s Assad – envoys

Exclusive: Gaza Salafists Take Fight To Syria

In volatile border region, fear grips Syria’s minority

Frustration forces Western shift on Syria

Government troops and rebels fought for control of key neighborhoods in northeast Damascus. Fighting erupted between Damascus and the Golan Heights in what could be a new battlefront. Croatia withdrew its peacekeeping troops from the Golan Heights over fears they could be targeted.
