Syria

March 19, 2013

A Syrian rebel aims his weapon as he takes position behind a makeshift barricade during clashes with regime forces in the Salaheddine district of Aleppo. (AFP PHOTO/JM LOPEZ)
13:25 GMT

According to the opposition commander for the province of Aleppo, the attack came from regime forces.

Syria's main opposition National Council chief Moaz al-Khatib (L) congratulates Syrian communications executive, Ghassan Hitto, after the National Council elected him as prime minister. (AFP PHOTO/OZAN KOSE)
11:30 GMT

According to the pro-regime site, members of the opposition have fired chemical weapons in Aleppo province.

Mai Ezz Eldin
09:20 GMT

Despite all the drama between the Syrian actress and her country's politics, young Mai won't be put off.

Lebanese trucks used to travel freely between to and from Syria (Daily Star)
07:14 GMT

Border crossings with Lebanon remain shut as exporters told to find another route.

 Suheir Attasi (L1) , Mostafa Sabbagh Syrian opposition's National Coalition chief Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib (CL) , Mostafa Sabbah(CR) and George Sebra (R) attend Syria's opposition coalition meeting on Monday in Istanbul to choose their first prime minister. (Photo: AFP / OZAN KOSE)
05:21 GMT

Syrian opposition coalition members on Tuesday elected former businessman Ghassan Hitto as provisional prime minister in a meeting in Istanbul.

March 18, 2013

Arsal village in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon (The Daily Star)
18:10 GMT

The Syrian planes bombed two locations in Arsal, 5km from the Syrian borders

Asma Assad and her children attend a fundraising event in Damascus
12:02 GMT

Bashar Al Assad's other half took their kids to a fundraising event held in Damascus

Thousands of refugees entered Jordan from Syria last weekend (Photo UNHCR/B. Sokol)
08:43 GMT

Around 160,000 Syrian refugees are working without proper documentation in Jordan having fled the violence in their home country.

A Syrian rebel aims his weapon as he takes position behind a makeshift barricade during clashes with regime forces in the Salaheddine district of Aleppo in northern Syria on Saturday. (Photo: AFP / JM LOPEZ)
05:07 GMT

Twelve candidates are running for interim prime minister of a government to rule rebel-controlled areas in Syria.

March 17, 2013

The capture of the arms depots was confirmed by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights watchdog. (Photo: AFP /JM LOPEZ)
15:04 GMT

Syrian rebels have seized several weapons depots in the village of Khan Toman in Aleppo province after days of fierce clashes, a military source told AFP on Sunday.

George Wassouf
09:07 GMT

The unashamedly pro-Assad Syrian star says he is finally on the mend and making a trip to his house in Beirut to visit his wife and kids.

Syrian government forces deploy themselves in the streets of Syria's second city Aleppo. (AFP PHOTO / STR)
05:23 GMT

A Syrian army general and his son, a captain, reportedly defect to the opposition.

March 16, 2013

Syrian men dance and chant revolutionary slogans during the commemoration of the second anniversary of the Syrian conflict, in Bustan al-Qasr district of Aleppo. (AFP PHOTO/JM LOPEZ)
09:50 GMT

According to reports by the LA Times, the CIA is collecting information on Islamic radicals fighting for the opposition in Syria.

March 15, 2013

Lebanese security forces and civilians inspect the scene of a bus crash, killing and wounding several people, in the town of Kahaleh, ten kilometres east of Beirut on March 15, 2013, that was carrying Syrian refugees upon their arrival from Syria to Lebanon. (AFP PHOTO/ ANWAR AMRO)
09:15 GMT

The Syrian foreign minister contacts his counterpart in Lebanon to inform them that their restraint will "not last indefinitely".

Raghda
05:00 GMT

The Syrian actress, who accused the FSA of taking her father hostage, says she's received a demand for cash.