Syria

June 2, 2013

A Lebanese policemen speaks on the phone while inspecting a damaged apartment after two rockets exploded in Shiah, a southern suburb of Beirut last week. AFP Photo
09:24 GMT

Eastern Lebanon has been hit with two more rockets fired from Syria, as two shells hit the Bekaa Valley after more than a dozen were reported falling on the country on Saturday.

An image grab taken on May 30, 2013 from Lebanon's Shiite Muslim party Hezbollah's al-Manar TV shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad smiles as she speaks during an interview with al-Manar in Damascus (al-Manar/ AFP)
09:12 GMT

At least eight members of the Syrian security forces have been killed in an explosion in central Damascus

The leaders of Hamas and Iran chat. Image via standfordreview.com
05:00 GMT

After the Palestinian movement Hamas sided with Sunni fighters in the Syrian civil war, Iran has cut its funding.

June 1, 2013

An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube on May 29, 2013 allegedly shows members of the Al-Tawhid brigade firing missiles from Syria towards the Lebanese town of Hermel, a few kilometres from Baalbek in the Bekaa valley. (AFP)
08:27 GMT

Four rockets fired from Syria landed in the eastern district of Bekaa in Lebanon on Saturday, causing no causalities, further embroiling Lebanon in Syria's bitter civil war.

Lawmakers attend a Parliament session in Beirut on Friday. Image via The Daily Star
04:00 GMT

The Lebanese Parliament extended its term by 17 months on Friday, for the first time in decades, as the Syrian crisis has an increasingly greater impact on the country.

May 30, 2013

 Syrian army soldiers walking nearby facilities of Dabaa military airfield during an operation that led to the control of the airport, north of the Syrian city of Qusayr. AFP Photo
11:56 GMT

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is set to meet on Sunday so that member states may discuss the possibilities of putting Lebanese Shi'ite movement Hezbollah on the list of terror organisations, in light of its involvement in the Syrian civil war.

Political leaders gather at the National Dialogue table at Baabda Palace last year. Image courtesy of The Daily Star.
11:38 GMT

Najib Mikati, Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister, announced on Wednesday that he wants to return to the National Dialogue in Lebanon, in the face of increasing violence in the country as the Syrian civil war encroaches on Lebanon.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gives an interview to a Syrian state news channel (AFP)
09:19 GMT

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says that the government has already received the first shipment of advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missiles from Russia

Lebanese women wave Hezbollah flags while holding a picture of the movement's chief Hassan Nasrallah in Mashghara in the western Bekaa Valley on May 25 (MahmoudZayyat / AFP)
08:03 GMT

The US State Department called for an immediate withdrawal of all Hezbollah fighters from Syria, as reports emerged that rebels had lost the strategic Dabaa air base to forces loyal to Assad

May 29, 2013

Child walks through the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan (UNICEF photo)
12:09 GMT

Anmar al-Hmoud, spokesman for Higher Committee for Syrian Refugees in Jordan says that almost 60,000 have returned to Syria from Jordan

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Paris on May 27 (Jim Young/ Pool/ AFP)
05:55 GMT

The US is uneasy with the prospect of an Iranian presence at the peace conference, as they aim to keep the Islamic Republic isolated through wide ranging economic sanctions

FSA official, Brigadier General Salim Idris, gave Hezbollah a threatening ultimatium if it doesn't leave Syria in the next 24 hours. Image courtesy of Al Arabiya.
04:00 GMT

A Free Syrian Army official on Tuesday gave Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah 24 hours to leave Syria, warning that the FSA will "take all measures to hunt Hezbollah, even in hell" if they do not leave.

May 28, 2013

A Syrian woman walking at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan (AFP)
14:17 GMT

Anmar al-Hmoud, spokesperson for the Higher Committee for Syrian refugees in Jordan, told Al Bawaba that the border remains open to all refugees.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Paris on May 27 (Jim Young/ Pool/ AFP)
12:06 GMT

Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov says that the sale of S-300 anti-aircraft missiles will go ahead and claimed they would prove a stabilizing factor in the conflict

Syrian refugees at the Zaatari camp (AFP)
08:31 GMT

The number of refugees crossing into Jordan dropped drastically 9 days ago, after reports of an intense government offensive across southern Syria.