Syria
June 6, 2013
Syrian rebels seized a border crossing near the Israeli occupied Golan Heights as Syrian regime forces loyal to President Assad clash with Syrian opposition across the country.
11 rockets fired from Syria landed in the Syrian city of Baalbek late on Wednesday night, injuring up to five people.
During a speech at the Arab League, Lebanese Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour said that the Syrian conflict had spilled over its borders and that any Lebanese fighters were engaged in self-defense
The Lebanese government is discussing plans to limit the number of refugees it receives from Syria
The commander of the Syrian rebel forces, Salim Idriss, said that his troops are ready to enter and fight in Lebanon, the same day the rebels conceded defeat to Syrian regime forces in the town of Qusair.
June 5, 2013
In an effort to bolster its numbers, the Syrian regime offered new recruits a 50 percent pay raise or government jobs on Tuesday. They also told recruits they could volunteer as well.
“The Syrian army totally controls the Qusayr region in Homs province after killing a large number of terrorists and capturing others,” the Syrian regime said on Wednesday.
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French FM Laurent Fabius said that French tests on Syrian chemical samples prove that sarin was against civilians in the civil war, urging for repercussions of this crime.
Troops loyal to Syrian President on Tuesday secured their control of the country's capital, Damascus, as they forced rebels out of a key suburb, according to reports from Syrian state media.
June 4, 2013
The United Nations reported that the Syrian conflict has seen escalating brutality, with the Syrian regime using innocent civilians as human shields.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that his country had not yet delivered S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to the Syrian government
Three Syrians have been kidnapped by rogue forces in the Lebanese Hezbollah stronghold Baalbek area
Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah has clashed with the rebel Free Syrian Army in a Damascus suburb, leaving two Hezbollah fighters dead, one of them a high ranking official.
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel confirmed that the US will send Patriot missiles and F-16 planes to Jordan, initially to take part in an international military exercise but he confirmed that the equipment could remain in the Kingdom permanently