Lebanon & Syria
May 12, 2013
The four UN peacekeepers were captured by Syrian rebels last week in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights
May 11, 2013
Two car bombs exploded outside government buildings in a Turkish border town Saturday, killing at least 40 people, the government said.
The US charge d’affaires to Lebanon met with PM Mikati and expressed concern that Hezbollah’s involvement in Syria could drag the country into conflict.
Lebanese President Michel Sleiman said on Friday that the only way to protect the country against Israeli aggression is to place Hezbollah's arms under Army control
With the international community finally taking a more active stance on the Syrian crisis, US Secretary of State John Kerry said said Friday there was “strong evidence” that the Syrian regime had used chemical weapons.
May 10, 2013
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said that as a result of Israeli airstrikes on Damascus last weekend, the Shiite group would be provided with weapons he described as "game changing" by the Syrian regime.
May 9, 2013
Jordan's Foreign Minister told John Kerry that Syrians could make up 40% of the Jordanian population by mid 2014
May 8, 2013
Reports on Tuesday said that rebel pressure in both areas have pushed government forces into negotiations
Syria has "largely disappeared" from the internet according to reports on Wednesday
May 7, 2013
The Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade said it was holding the peacekeepers for their own safety
Deal was reached after meeting between officials in Jerusalem, with a final announcement expected soon
May 6, 2013
Single shell that landed in the Golan Heights on Monday was probably an accidental over spill from the Syrian conflict, according to the Israeli military
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported at least 15 soldiers were killed in the Damascus attack, adding that dozens more remain unaccounted for
UN independent commission member says there's strong evidence that Syrian rebels have used the nerve agent during the conflict
May 4, 2013
Residents of the Sunni districts in the city of Banias in Syria on Saturday were fleeing their homes, amid fears of a massacre that occurred in a nearby village.
