UN says more than 60,000 dead in Syrian civil war
This citizen journalism image taken from video provided by Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a wounded man being pulled from the site of a Syrian More...
Official: Syria fires Scud missiles at rebels
ROBERT BURNS,AP National Security Writer KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Syrian government forces have fired Scud missiles at insurgents in recent days, escalating the 2-year-old conflict against rebels seeking to overthrow More...
100 countries back new Syrian coalition
PAUL SCHEMM,Associated Press MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — More than 100 countries on Wednesday recognized a new Syrian opposition coalition, opening the way for greater humanitarian assistance to the forces battling More...
Syria says 10 dead in mortar attack on school
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, an injured Syrian student, lies at a hospital bed after he was wounded when a mortar hit the al-Batiha school in al-Wafideen camp, about 25 kilometers More...
Syria says 29 students killed in mortar attack
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, an injured Syrian student, lies at a hospital bed after he was wounded when a mortar hit the al-Batiha school in al-Wafideen camp, about 25 kilometers More...
Lebanese fighters reported killed inside Syria
BASSEM MROUE,Associated Press MASNAA, Lebanon (AP) — Syrian security forces killed as many as 20 Lebanese gunmen who were fighting alongside rebels in Syria on Friday, raising tensions amid mounting fears that More...
Internet service goes out across Syria
BASSEM MROUE,Associated Press ZEINA KARAM,Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Internet service went down Thursday across Syria and international flights were canceled at the Damascus airport when a road near the facility More...
Lebanese army: 5 Syrians arrested with explosives
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese soldiers raided an apartment in the country’s south on Saturday and arrested five Syrian nationals for possession of explosives, the army said, the latest incident fanning fears that More...
Deployment of Patriots to Turkey could take weeks
SLOBODAN LEKIC,Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Even if NATO quickly approves Turkey’s request for the deployment of Patriot missiles on its border with Syria, winning parliamentary approval, selecting More...
Syrian rebels strengthen hold in country’s east
BARBARA SURK,Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels strengthened their hold Thursday on an oil-rich province bordering Iraq, activists said, capturing a key military base that was considered one of the More...
Syrian rebels seize military base, munitions
BEN HUBBARD,Associated Press BASE OF THE 46TH REGIMENT, Syria (AP) — Syrian rebels have taken over a large military base in the country’s north, carting off tanks, armored vehicles and truck-loads of munitions More...
Syrian Islamists reject Western-backed opposition
ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY,Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s increasingly powerful Islamist rebel factions rejected the country’s new Western-backed opposition coalition and unilaterally declared an More...
Syrian civil war spillover draws Israeli fire
IAN DEITCH,Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel shelled Syrian fighters after gunfire from their civil war spilled over to the Israel-controlled Golan Heights, the military said Sunday, as the conflict appeared More...
Syrian rebels take villages near Israel-held area
TIA GOLDENBERG,Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Syrian rebels control almost all the villages near the frontier with the Israel-held Golan Heights, the Israeli defense minister said Wednesday, bringing the conflict More...
France recognizes new Syria group, 1st in West
ZEINA KARAM,Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — France on Tuesday became the first Western country to formally recognize Syria’s newly formed opposition coalition as the sole legitimate representative of the More...
Syria bombs town near Turkish border for 2nd day
MEHMET GUZEL,Associated Press CEYLANPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Syria’s air force bombed a rebel-held region near the border with Turkey for a second day Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding three More...
Despite rebel deal, Syria can keep up the fight
BRIAN MURPHY,Associated Press ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY,Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Nearly 20 months into the Syrian uprising, President Bashar Assad’s message to the world has been nothing if not consistent: More...
Look at how Syria neighbors are drawn into its war
The Associated Press Syria’s neighbors are increasingly being drawn into the country’s civil war in a variety of ways, whether militarily or due to an exodus of Syrians fleeing the fighting at home. More...
Israel reports ‘direct hits’ on targets in Syria
JOSEF FEDERMAN,Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli tank scored a “direct hit” Monday on a Syrian armored vehicle after a mortar shell landed on Israeli-held territory, the military said, More...
Syrian opposition groups reach unity deal
ABDULLAH REBHY,Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Syrian anti-government groups struck a deal Sunday under intense international pressure to form a new opposition leadership that will include representatives More...
AP Interview: Syria opposition blames West
KARIN LAUB,Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The newly elected leader of Syria’s main opposition bloc in exile struck a combative tone Saturday, saying international inaction rather than divisions among More...
Suicide blasts in Syria kill at least 20 troops
ZEINA KARAM,Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Suicide car bombings ripped through a Syrian government base in a southern city on Saturday, killing at least 20 soldiers, an opposition group said, the latest in a series More...
Syria opposition bloc elects Christian as leader
KARIN LAUB,Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Syria’s main opposition group in exile elected a left-wing veteran dissident born into a Christian family as its new president on Friday, a choice that could More...
Up to 11,000 people flee Syria in 24-hour period
JOHN HEILPRIN,Associated Press ZEINA KARAM,Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — As many as 11,000 people fled Syria in 24 hours, some of them desperately clambering through a razor-wire fence into Turkey on Friday to More...
A look at Syrian president’s statements on crisis
The Associated Press President Bashar Assad has rarely deviated from his statements on the crisis in Syria since it began nearly 20 months ago. Here is a look at his latest remarks, in an interview shown Friday More...
Progress in talks on united Syria opposition
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Syrian opposition leaders say they have made progress toward forging a broad-based leadership group sought by the international community. Riad Seif, the author of the proposal, says the main More...
Syrian children most common sight at refugee camp
KHALIL HAMRA,Associated Press ATMEH, Syria (AP) — Most of the displaced people in the tent camp rising near this village on the Syrian-Turkish border are children. All have fled the violence of Syria’s More...
Syrian president says he will not leave country
BARBARA SURK,Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad vowed defiantly to “live and die” in Syria, saying in an interview broadcast Thursday that he will never flee his country despite More...
Given 2nd term, Obama now facing new urgent task
NANCY BENAC,Associated Press NEDRA PICKLER,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama faces a new urgent task now that he has a second term, working with a status-quo Congress to address an impending More...
Syrian chaos deepens as rebels, Palestinians fight
BARBARA SURK,Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — New chaos engulfed Syria’s civil war Monday as Palestinian supporters and opponents of the embattled regime were swept up in intense fighting in Damascus, while More...
Syrian rebels capture oilfield near Iraqi border
BARBARA SURK,Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels firing mortars and rocket-propelled grenades captured an oilfield in the country’s east on Sunday after three days of fierce fighting with government More...
Divisions emerge at Syria opposition conference
KARIN LAUB,Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Sharp disagreements arose Sunday on the first day of a Syrian opposition conference meant to forge a more cohesive leadership that the international community says More...
Syrians wary of US push to overhaul opposition
KARIN LAUB,Associated Press ZEINA KARAM,Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Members of Syria’s opposition-in-exile bristled Thursday at the Obama administration’s suggestion that Washington will handpick More...
Syria rebels kill 78 soldiers, attack checkpoints
BARBARA SURK,Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels killed 78 soldiers on Thursday, about half of them in attacks on military checkpoints in the north just hours after a wave of bombings hit the Damascus More...
Turkish PM: Too soon to call for Syria no-fly zone
BERLIN (AP) — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday it is up to the U.N. Security Council to decide whether a no-fly zone should be imposed on Syria or safe areas created for people fleeing More...
Syrian jets pound rebel strongholds across country
BARBARA SURK,Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian warplanes pounded opposition strongholds around Damascus and in the north Wednesday as President Bashar Assad’s forces intensified airstrikes following More...
Syrian regime attacks strategic northern city
BASSEM MROUE,Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian warplanes pounded a strategic northern city with three airstrikes Tuesday as ground troops pushed forward to recapture the area recently taken by rebels, activists More...
Syrian regime and rebels constantly adapt arsenals
BEN HUBBARD,Associated Press HAMZA HENDAWI,Associated Press ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — It was long past midnight, but the rebel commander couldn’t sleep until his fighters returned from the Turkish border with More...
Hezbollah against foreign probe of assassination
BASSEM MROUE,Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The powerful Shiite militant group Hezbollah, a close ally of Syria, said Tuesday it opposes calls to hand over the investigation of the assassination of an anti-Syrian More...
Lebanon launches major security operation
BASSEM MROUE,Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese troops launched a major security operation on Monday to open all roads and force gunmen off the streets, trying to contain an outburst of violence set off by More...
Envoy arrives in Syria amid calls for truce
ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY,Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Turkey and Germany on Friday threw their weight behind calls for a Syrian cease-fire during a Muslim holiday next week as the international envoy for the conflict More...
Beirut car bomb kills 8, wounds dozens
BASSEM MROUE,Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese Red Cross and security officials say a car bomb in east Beirut has killed at least eight people and wounded dozens in the worst blast the city has seen in years. The More...
Iraq issues arrest warrant for central bank chief
SINAN SALAHEDDIN,Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities have issued arrest warrants for the longtime governor of the central bank following allegations of financial wrongdoing, the country’s judiciary More...
Airstrikes in northern Syria kill at least 43
BEN HUBBARD,Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Government airstrikes on rebel areas in northern Syria killed at least 43 people and leveled buildings, forcing residents to search mounds of rubble for bodies trapped More...
UN Syria envoy calls on government to start truce
BEN HUBBARD,Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The international envoy to the Syrian conflict on Wednesday called on President Bashar Assad’s regime to take the lead in implementing a cease-fire during a major More...
Syrians say barrels of TNT are big new problem
PARIS (AP) — France’s foreign minister says Syria’s air force is using so-called barrel bombs — makeshift weapons consisting of containers stuffed with TNT — to heavily damage neighborhoods. Laurent More...
Swiss hold $1 billion Arab Spring ‘dictator’ funds
GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss official says the government has blocked almost 1 billion Swiss francs ($1.07 billion) linked to rulers in four Arab Spring nations. M. Valentin Zellweger, who as head of the Swiss foreign More...
Syrian regime airstrikes pummel rebels in north
ZEINA KARAM,Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government warplanes unleashed deadly airstrikes on rebel strongholds in the country’s north on Tuesday, activists reported. The barrage came as the U.N. More...
Landmark mosque in Aleppo burned in fighting
ZEINA KARAM,ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad ordered on Monday immediate repairs to a historic mosque in the city of Aleppo, a move likely aimed at containing Muslim outrage after More...
Ryan says nobody wants US troops in Syria
DANVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan says nobody is proposing sending U.S. troops to Syria. Ryan and Vice President Joe Biden are arguing over whether there’s any difference between More...
Turkey: Syrian plane was carrying ammunition
FRANK JORDANS,Associated Press SUZAN FRASER,Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A plane intercepted by Turkish fighter jets on its way from Moscow to Damascus was carrying equipment and ammunition destined More...
Oil prices up as Turkey-Syria tension rises
The Associated Press Oil prices are up, rising above $92 per barrel as tension between Turkey and Syria raises concerns about a disruption to crude oil supplies from the Middle East. In morning trading on the New More...
Report: Syrian plane carried military comms gear
FRANK JORDANS,Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish state-run television TRT reported Thursday that a Syrian passenger plane intercepted by Turkey’s air force was carrying military communications equipment, More...
Panetta: US sends forces to Jordan
LOLITA C. BALDOR,Associated Press PAULINE JELINEK,Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The United States has sent military troops to the Jordan-Syria border to help build a headquarters in Jordan and bolster that More...
Oil prices rose on jitters about supplies
The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil is rising on concerns about supplies from the Middle East and the North Sea. Benchmark crude oil prices rose up $1.46 to $90.79 a barrel in New York Tuesday. More...
Rebels in Syria advance in town along Iraqi border
BASSEM MROUE,Associated Press A Syrian man smokes a cigarette sitting next to the rubble of a damaged mosque in the city of Azaz, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) BEIRUT More...
Syrian forces kill 23 rebels in town near Damascus
HAMZA HENDAWI,Associated Press Syrians Bassem Kharfani, left, and Mahmoud Jikar sit at the door of Jikar's house, one of more than a dozen homes destroyed in a Syrian government bombing last week that killed More...
Obama says his ‘red line’ in Syria conflict is WMD
BRADLEY KLAPPER,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has declared the threat of chemical or biological warfare in Syria a “red line” for the United States, outlining for the first More...
Intense fighting rages in Syria’s Aleppo, Daraa
HAMZA HENDAWI,Associated Press United Nations observers embrace upon arrival in Damascus, Syria from Homs, as they prepare to depart the country, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. Intense fighting on Monday between rebels More...
Syria welcomes Algerian Brahimi as Annan successor
BASSEM MROUE,Associated Press An Syrian injured fighter arrives at a field hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. Rebel footholds in Aleppo have been the target of weeks of Syrian shelling and air attacks More...
PM who defected says Syria regime near collapse
JAMAL HALABY,Associated Press Riad Hijab, Syrias defected former prime minister, speaks at a press conference at the Hyatt Hotel in Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. Hijab is the highest-ranking political More...
Panetta: Syria no-fly zone not on front burner
LOLITA C. BALDOR,Associated Press ROBERT BURNS,Associated Press Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, with his golden retriever dog Bravo, during an interview with The Associated Press, Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, at the Pentagon. More...
Nearly 150,000 Syrian refugees seek UN help
JOHN HEILPRIN,Associated Press Syrians react after the funeral of 29 year-old Free Syrian Army fighter, Husain Al-Ali, who was killed during clashes in Aleppo, in the cemetery in the town of Marea on the outskirts More...
New US sanctions on the Assad regime, Hezbollah
BRADLEY KLAPPER,Associated Press MATTHEW LEE,Associated Press In this July 6, 2012 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius attend the "Friends of More...
Syrian refugee camps swell as frustrations rise
BASSEM MROUE,Associated Press DALE GAVLAK,Associated Press In a Thursday Aug. 2, 2012 file photo a Syrian refugee plays with her child in front of her family's tent in the Zaatari Syrian Refugee camp, in Mafraq, More...
Syria launches ground assault in Aleppo
ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY,Associated Press In this undated photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab, center, speaks under the portrait of the Syrian More...
More Syrians flee to Turkey as fighting spreads
BASSEM MROUE,Associated Press ZEINA KARAM,Associated Press In this Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012 photograph, Syrians pass by a destroyed house in town of Atareb outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo) KILIS, Turkey (AP) — More...
Jordan says defecting Syrian minister won’t stay
JAMAL HALABY,Associated Press ZEINA KARAM,Associated Press In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian security force inspects the scene after a bomb ripped through the third floor More...
In Syria, tens of thousands flee largest city
BASSEM MROUE,Associated Press ZEINA KARAM,Associated Press In this Sunday, July 29, 2012 photo, Free Syrian Army soldiers are seen at the border town of Azaz, some 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Aleppo, Syria. More...
Rebels in Syria survive regime onslaught in Aleppo
PAUL SCHEMM,Associated Press In this Sunday, 22 July, 2012 photo a Syrian rebel takes cover after he fires his weapon during clashes with Syrian troops in Idlib, Syria. uly is set to become the bloodiest month More...
7 nations face sanctions over endangered species
Caption In this Dec. 29, 2011 photo, a sixteen day old baby elephant enjoys sun at an elephant breeding centre in Sauraha in Chitwan, about 170 kilometers (106 miles) south of Katmandu, Nepal. The 175-nation U.N. More...
Syria could use chemical weapons if attacked
ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY,Associated Press PAUL SCHEMM,Associated Press This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Sunday, July 22, 2012, purports to show a fireball in Homs, Syria. (AP More...
Destruction and war come to Damascus, Cartoon by Joel Thornhill
CAPTION Joel Thornhill LocalOzarks.com Political Cartoonist BASSEM MROUE,Associated Press ZEINA KARAM,Associated Press MASNAA, Lebanon (AP) — After a bloody, weeklong siege in the Syrian capital, More...
Red Cross declares Syrian conflict to be civil war
ALBERT AJI,Associated Press FRANK JORDANS,Associated Press In this citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Saturday, July 14, 2012, a Syrian man mourns over the body of a man More...
Syria, ‘Very Fragile’ ceasefire could have UN observers on ground in days
Bashar al-Assad yet to withdraw forces from cities, says Kofi Annan, as both sides accuse the other of breaking truce posted in The Guardian The Syrian city of Homs has seen of some of the fierce attacks by pro-government More...
