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Syria
A defecting air force pilot bombed government army positions. A French journalist was killed by sniper fire.
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Syria
Fierce fighting raged across the country. Kurd and radical Islamist groups fought in northern Syria. Two car bombs exploded in southern Syria, and a rocket hit a building in Aleppo. More than 1,000 people have been killed this week.
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Hezbollah
Video appears to show Hezbollah and Iraqi Shiites fighting in Syria
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Syria
Syrian rebels accuse jihadist groups of trying to hijack revolution
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Syria
More than 100 people were shot, stabbed or burned to death by government forces in a village outside the city of Homs. Jordan said it would not allow a surge of Syrian refugees into the country in the event of the collapse of the Assad government.
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Syria
Three car bombs exploded near government facilities in Idlib, killing 24 people. Government forces stepped up attacks in Idlib, Hama, and Homs. Russia suspended its consular operations in Aleppo. Government forces may have used chemical weapons in Homs, but a US spokesman dismissed the report.
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International Criminal Court
Sweden rules out taking Syria’s Assad to the ICC
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Syria
At least two large explosions hit the campus of Aleppo University, killing at least 80 students. The government said “terrorists” had launched rockets at the campus, but rebels blamed a government aircraft attack. Fighting inside Aleppo reached a stalemate.
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Syria
The government continued to mounted attacks in the Damascus suburb of Daraya, trying to push out rebel forces and increase the buffer zone around the nearby presidential palace. An air and artillery strikes killed 36 people including 14 children.
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Syria
Rape ‘being used as widespread weapon of war in Syrian conflict’
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Syria
Rebel and government forces fought over the strategically important neighborhood of Dariya in Damascus. Heavy fighting continued across northern Syria. Qatar called for an Arab force to intervene in Syria if UN envoy Brahimi’s mission failed.
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Al Nusrah, jihadist allies overrun Syrian airbase
A jihadist alliance made up of the Al Nusrah Front, Ahrar al Sham, and the Islamic Vanguard seized control of the Taftanaz air base in Idlib.
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Syria
Syria may hold uranium stash, Western and Israeli experts say
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Syria
Pentagon weighs how to secure Syria’s chemical weapons
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Syria
After months of fighting, rebels captured Taftanaz military airport, the largest in northern Syria. The attackers consisted mostly of jihadist fighters from the Al Nusrah Front, Ahrar Al-Sham, and Islamic Vanguard groups.
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Syria
Rebels, including jihadist groups Al Nusrah and Ahrar al-Sham, raided the strategic Taftanaz military airport in Idlib. Talks between the Assad regime and the UN broke down, as envoy Brahimi said he did not see President Assad being part of a transitional government. The foreign minister denounced Brahimi as “flagrantly biased.”
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Syria
Syria’s Battle for the Airports
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Syria
Syria’s rebels form their own secret police
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Syria
A defector’s tale: Assad’s reluctant army
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Syria
Rebels released 48 Iranian hostages in exchange for the release of 2,130 rebel prisoners held by the Assad regime. The Iranians were captured by the Free Syrian Army in early August and were suspected of belonging to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
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Al Qaeda
Syria: The Story of How Jihad Was Declared
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Ahrar al Sham
Analysis: Study shows rise of al Qaeda affiliate in Syria
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Syria
Fighting between pro and anti regime factions within a Palestinian refugee camp flared up. Half of the camp’s 150,000 residents fled during fighting in mid-December. Government forces shelled rebel positions on the outskirts of Damascus.
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Syria
Chemical Weapons Showdown With Syria Led to Rare Accord
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Younger Zawahiri staying put in Egypt
A British paper incorrectly reported that Mohammed al Zawahiri was arrested in Syria.
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European Union
Syria crisis: US decries Assad ‘Western puppets’ speech
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Syria
Bashar al-Assad’s speech echoes Gaddafi’s final, desperate rallies
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Syria
Disaster Scenario in Syria
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Egypt
Morsy backs Syrian calls for al-Assad to face war crimes trial
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Syria
President Assad in a public speech presented a plan for ending the country’s civil war. He also called his opponents “terrorists” and said he had no intention of leaving office. The opposition Syrian National Coalition, the EU, the UK, and Turkey rejected the plan.
