Syria

June 11, 2013

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.

June 7, 2013

A handout image grab released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on Friday allegedly shows blindfolded rebel fighters detained after a Syrian army ambush in the area of Shamsin in the rebel stronghold of Qusair. AFP/SANA
11:24 GMT

The Syrian army is attempting to fully eradicate a rebel presence in the north of the country, and is hunting rebels in the areas surrounding Qusair, which they took control of earlier this week.

Syrian ambassador Bahjat Suleiman at a press conference in Amman last month. Photo courtesy of The Jordan Times
10:54 GMT

Jordanian foreign minister Nasser Judeh has issued the Syrian ambassador in Amman with his final warning before forcibly expelling him from the country, on account of his "discourteous manners and provocative attitude".

Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Abdul Aziz al-Asheikh. Image courtesy of pomed.com
06:00 GMT

The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia has called for jihad against the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, echoing the sentiments of top Muslim cleric Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi

A man looks at tanks of Lebanese Army Forces patrolling on June 6, 2013 in a street of the eastern Lebanese city of Tripoli. AFP Photo
05:00 GMT

Heavy sniper activity has been reported in the Lebanese city of Tripoli on Thursday, as the Lebanese armed forces raided neighbourhoods and weapons depots as they try to crack down on internal security threats.