Syria

June 11, 2013

People stand on a street lined with a damaged building and destroyed cars after a blast at Marjeh Square in Damascus in April. Image courtesy of nydailynews.com
09:54 GMT

Two suicide bombers attacked Marjeh square in Damascus on Tuesday morning, killing 14 people and injuring 31 civilians according to early reports.

Jenny Asper returns as 'Media' with the rest of the girls.
09:43 GMT

Syrian actress Jenny Asper returns after taking time off to give birth and has begun filming for the fifth sequel of the popular television drama "Sabaya" (The Girls).

Syrian army soldiers standing on an army tank in the village of Buweida, north of Qusayr, in Syria's central Homs province on Friday. AFP photo
09:08 GMT

US Secretary of State John Kerry has postponed his scheduled visit to the region in light of a series of talks occurring within the Obama administration this week on Syria, with a possible view to arm the Syrian rebels in light of regime successes.

Rebel fighters sit in the ruins of a building in Aleppo earlier this week. Assad's army is making moves on the northern province, a rebel bastion. AFP/Shams photo
08:45 GMT

After encroaching upon rebel positions in Aleppo since the fall of Qusayr last week, regime troops have launched an offensive against an Aleppo airbase, as well as key areas of the northern province.

Marjeh square. Image courtesy of the washingtonpost.com
08:02 GMT

Two suicide bombers targeted a busy Damascus square on Tuesday morning. No reports on the number of casualties have been released yet.

An image of the chaos in the aftermath of the roadside bomb. Image courtesy of naharnet.com
04:00 GMT

A van carrying Lebanese gunmen who were on their way to fight in Damascus was targeted by a car bomb in Lebanon's Bekaa valley on Monday. Several casualties were reported, but the gunmen still managed to enter Syria.

June 10, 2013

Nancy, Anthony and ballet in Beirut for August- what more could one ask for?
08:45 GMT

For the second August in as many years, Beirut Holidays promises to pump Beirut Souks with a wide range of local and international performers beginning with the renowned Nancy Ajram.

Syrian army soldiers assess a damaged street in the town of Qusair, in Syria's central Homs province on  Friday, as the regime sought to 'remove' all remaining rebel strongholds in the country. AFP
05:00 GMT

After securing the northern town of Qusair late last week, the Syrian regime forces are allegedly preparing for an attack on Aleppo, a rebel stronghold.

June 9, 2013

People hold Syrian flags during a protest against the involvement of the Shiite movement Hezbollah in fighting in Syria on June 9, 2013 on the Martys square in the Lebanese capital Beirut (Anwar Amro/ AFP)
13:29 GMT

Violence erupted as a group of demonstrators arrived to protest over Hezbollah's involvement in the Syrian conflict, near the Iranian embassy in Beirut

A peacekeeper of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) stands guard on Friday at an entrance of the UNDOF zone near Quneitra crossing in the Israeli annexed Golan Heights. AFP Photo
11:28 GMT

Israeli defense forces submitted a reported to the UN Security Council threatening to attack Syrian tanks on its border.

Syrian bombshell Suzan Najm al Din is the Arab version of Oprah in her new film.
08:11 GMT

While there is some influence from ace journalist Hala Sarhan and Oprah, Suzan Najm claims she has made her own character to make all women proud.

Lebanese Red Cross volunteers use a stretcher to move a Syrian, who was wounded in the nearby Syrian city of Qusair, from an ambulance upon their arrival at an hospital on Saturday. AFP Photo
05:00 GMT

The Red Cross started to airlift wounded civilians from the bitter battle in Qusair safety in Lebanese hospitals on Saturday, as the Syrian army moved north in search in more rebels.

George Sabra, the acting head of the Syrian National Coalition. Image courtesy of Al Arabiya
04:00 GMT

At a meeting in Istanbul for the leaders of the Syrian opposition in exile, head of the Syrian National Coalition George Sabra spoke out over the increasingly obvious Iranian presence in the Syrian civil war

June 8, 2013

Syrian soldiers look at the damage of a hanger in central Homs. (AFP photo)
10:00 GMT

The late Friday raid was second such Syrian strike against the Sunni-majority border areas in less than a week.

Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos at press conference announcing largest-ever humanitarian appeal by the UN for Syria. (Photo: United Nations website)
08:41 GMT

The United Nations made its largest appeal in history in Geneva, Switzerland on Friday, asking for some $5.2 billion in aid. More than 80,000 Syrians have been killed since the conflict in Syria began.