Lebanon & Syria

December 2, 2012

Chemical weapons
13:16 GMT

According to Western intelligence officials, there have been worrying movements at the chemical weapons storage facilities in Syria.

The satellite communications equipment that allegedly kept Syrian rebels online
09:19 GMT

Syrian rebels release photos of equipment from two months previously that allegedly got them online despite the blackout.

November 29, 2012

Web traffic in and out of Syria (picture courtesy of Akamai)
19:26 GMT

The war torn country falls into internet darkness while the government launches an unprecedented offensive in the east of the capital.

A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) meeting with Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani in Damascus. (AFP PHOTO/HO/SANA)
08:20 GMT

The document details the corruption in the Syrian government's army as well as Tehran's frustration with Bashar al Assad.

November 28, 2012

Screenshot from the video appearing to show a helicopter shot down in Aleppo
07:21 GMT

Video footage posted on YouTube appears to show rebels using the missiles to shoot down a Syrian army helicopter.

November 26, 2012

Syrian cadets perform military exercises during their graduation ceremony in Damascus (AFP PHOTO / HO / SANA)
08:00 GMT

Syrian rebels have captured a helicopter base just outside the capital in a major victory against the government regime.

November 13, 2012

Mikati
11:03 GMT

Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati has recently paid an official visit to Bulgaria

August 25, 2012

Assad
09:59 GMT

Iran, a close ally of the Syrian regime of Bashar Al-Assad, will make a proposal to end the bloody conflict in Syria during the summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran next week

July 12, 2012

Syrian foreign ministry
13:13 GMT

The Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday that the defected ambassador of Syria to Iraq was now in Qatar.

Syrian missiles
08:53 GMT

The Turkish military declared its experts had not found traces of explosives on its fighter it claimed shot by Syria

July 11, 2012

Assad
15:24 GMT

Arab media reports on Wednesday said that the Syrian ambassador to Iraq, Nawaf Fares, defected.

Sayda
11:59 GMT

Russia has not changed its position on Syria, deplored on Wednesday Syrian opposition leaders after talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow.

July 10, 2012

Annan in Iran
16:26 GMT

The international envoy to Syria Kofi Annan on Tuesday held talks in Iran, a close ally of Damascus, within his efforts to put an end to the Syrian crisis, before heading to Baghdad.

Hizbullah
14:47 GMT

Al Arabiya TV Channel reported on Tuesday that "three members of Lebanon's Hizbullah are suspected of collaborating with the U.S. intelligence and the Israeli "Mossad."

July 9, 2012

Assad and Annan
13:26 GMT

The international envoy to Syria Kofi Annan said he had held a "frank" and "constructive" meeting Monday in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad