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- 20 May 2013 09:43 - Sapa-AP
- Troops have pushed into a rebel-held Syrian town near the Lebanese border, fighting house to house and bombing from the air.
- 19 May 2013 11:33 - Jeffrey Heller
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held out the prospect on Sunday of further Israeli strikes inside Syria.
- 17 May 2013 08:57 - AFP
- UN Syrian rebels have seized three UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights in the third abduction in two months in the zone between Syria and Israel.
- 12 May 2013 09:13 - Reuters
- Twin car bombs killed 43 people and wounded many more in a Turkish town near the Syrian border on Saturday.
- 09 May 2013 00:00 - Sarah Evans
- Although South Africa has condemned Israel's air strikes on Syria, it has been cautious not to trample on the toes of the Middle Eastern country.
- 07 May 2013 16:51 - Sapa, Reuters,
- The ruling party has condemned the Israeli government, saying that it "can only escalate hostilities in the Middle East".
- 06 May 2013 14:50 - Dan Williams
- Israel sought to persuade Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that recent air strikes around Damascus did not aim to weaken him.
- 06 May 2013 10:07
- VIDEO: Footage by Human Rights Watch in Syria shows the government allegedly blowing up civilian hospitals and bread lines.
- 05 May 2013 18:17 - Ian Deitch, Bassem Mroue,
- Israeli warplanes has struck areas in and around the Syrian capital, setting off a series of explosions as they targeted a shipment of missiles.
- 05 May 2013 06:24 - Dominic Evans
- Powerful explosions struck the outskirts of Damascus early on Sunday, sending columns of fire into the night sky.
- 30 Apr 2013 18:46 - Reuters
- US President Barack Obama has cautioned against a rush to judgment on whether Syria used chemical weapons against its own people.
- 28 Apr 2013 10:36 - Reuters
- US President Barack Obama is unlikely to turn to military options quickly and would want allies joining him in any intervention.
- 26 Apr 2013 10:25 - Harriet Sherwood
- The Syrian regime has deployed lethal chemical weapons in recent months, according to Israel's top military intelligence Âanalyst.
- 21 Apr 2013 10:47 - Reuters
- In Syria, for men called each month to join the army, there is a more attractive alternative: stay home and join a loyalist paramilitary group.
- 12 Apr 2013 09:41 - Mail & Guardian Reporter
- The Syrian air force has repeatedly carried out indiscriminate, and in some cases deliberate, air strikes against civilians, says Human Rights Watch.
- 11 Apr 2013 17:39
- We showcase some of the best photographs shot around the globe this week.
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- 10 Apr 2013 16:09 - Sapa-AP
- The leader of an Islamic extremist rebel group in Syria has pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda and its leader for the first time.
- 04 Apr 2013 11:22 - Ilham Rawoot
- For doctors like South African Venessa Naidoo, working in war-torn Syria means providing life-saving treatment to the needy is a daily struggle.
- 27 Mar 2013 16:16 - AFP
- President Bashar al-Assad has urged the Brics nations to help "stop the violence" in Syria and put an end to the suffering of his people.
- 18 Mar 2013 09:00 - AFP
- The Syrian National Coalition's prime minister will run daily life in large swathes of territory freed from regime control but mired in chaos.
