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Nuns-for-detainees deal infuriates regime supporters
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March 11, 2014 12:11 AM
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BEIRUT: The freeing of Lebanese nuns held by Al-Qaeda-linked rebels for Syrian female detainees has enraged supporters of the Syrian regime, who are demanding that similar deals include their family and friends.The Lebanon-Syria border crossing at Jdaidet Yabouss was overflowing with media late...
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Coalition settles FSA’s leadership dispute
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March 07, 2014 12:08 AM
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BEIRUT: The opposition National Coalition announced Thursday that it has settled a simmering dispute over the leadership of the rebel Free Syrian Army, by retaining its newly appointed head and giving its former chief an advisory post.Ahmad Jarba, the head of the coalition, has been presiding over...
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Ex-opposition chief: No presidency plans
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March 05, 2014 12:20 AM
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BEIRUT: The former head of the opposition-in-exile National Coalition has stepped back from entertaining a presidential run in elections later this year, as the regime continues its efforts to mobilize support for the upcoming poll.A Facebook campaign supporting Ahmad Moaz Khatib to run for...
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A tale of two battles: Deraa and Yabroud
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March 03, 2014 12:22 AM
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BEIRUT: War is raging in most of Syria’s 14 provinces, but two military campaigns have recently taken center stage in the media spotlight.One is in the Qalamoun region bordering Lebanon, in the rolling mountains that rise above western side of the Damascus-Homs highway, and centered mainly on the...
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Otaiba ambush footage raises suspicions
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February 28, 2014 12:20 AM
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BEIRUT: The opposition Syrian National Coalition has demanded an investigation into a widely reported ambush of Islamist fighters outside Damascus Wednesday, saying the victims were mainly civilians trying to escape a siege on the capital’s eastern Ghouta suburbs.Syria’s state media and...
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Opposition to mull expanded Geneva team
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February 04, 2014 12:26 AM
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BEIRUT: Representatives of the opposition are scheduled to meet in Cairo this week to discuss expanding their delegation at the next round of Geneva II talks, according to the head of an officially tolerated opposition group. Hasan Abdel-Azim, the general coordinator of the National Coordination...
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Geneva, torture dominate Friday protests
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January 25, 2014 12:10 AM
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BEIRUT: As diplomats in Geneva wrestled with how to bring government and opposition delegations together for face-to-face talks, Friday’s nationwide anti-regime demonstrations in Syria were held under the slogan “11,000 war crimes.”The slogan was chosen to mark this week’s publication of thousands...
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Zawahri urges end to deadly clashes between rebels and jihadists
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January 24, 2014 12:17 AM
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BEIRUT: The leader of Al-Qaeda has urged jihadists and rebels in Syria to end the bloody confrontation that has claimed an estimated 1,500 lives this month.In an audio recording that circulated on Islamist websites Thursday, Ayman al-Zawahri said the fighters’ membership in an array of competing...
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Rage grows against both ISIS and rebel leaders
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January 11, 2014 12:09 AM
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BEIRUT: A week of clashes between Al-Qaeda militants and a number of rebel militias in several parts of the country has claimed the lives of 500 fighters and civilians, a monitoring group said Friday.The ultra-extremist Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) mounted attacks against a...
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Ex-ISIS detainees tell horror stories of captivity
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January 09, 2014 12:17 AM
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BEIRUT: Horror stories have begun to emerge in the wake of the freeing of several hundred captives of the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) in Aleppo. Rebel groups from the mainstream Free Syrian Army, the conservative Islamic Front, and several independent Islamist groups have been...
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Syria rebels fight back against ISIS
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January 04, 2014 12:07 AM
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BEIRUT: Syrian opposition rebels clashed Friday with Al-Qaeda-inspired jihadists throughout areas of northern Syria in the first major push-back against the extremists who have been roundly condemned for human rights violations and treachery against the rebel cause.The clashes coincided with...
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ISIS condemned for brutal murder of fellow jihadist
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January 03, 2014 12:14 AM
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BEIRUT: An alliance of seven Islamist rebel militias has accused the hard-line jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) of being “worse than the Assad regime,” after the latest outrage against a fellow jihadist. ISIS militants were blamed this week for the...
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Observatory in the crosshairs for its coverage
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December 31, 2013 12:28 AM
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BEIRUT: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, one of the leading sources of information about the war in Syria, has received death threats over its work from members of the opposition, the group said Monday.The Observatory, which is based in the United Kingdom and relies on a range of sources...
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ISIS takes on Kafranbel, the voice of the uprising
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December 30, 2013 12:17 AM
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BEIRUT: Militants from the Al-Qaeda affiliate the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) have stormed several media facilities in the rebel-held town of Kafranbel, one of the best-known symbols of Syria’s anti-government uprising, activists said.Activist groups from the town, located in...
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Nusra leader uses TV appearance to seem moderate
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December 23, 2013 12:13 AM
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BEIRUT: A rare television appearance by the leader of the hard-line jihadist Nusra Front has enraged supporters of the mainstream opposition and highlighted how the two Al-Qaeda affiliates active in Syria are locked in a struggle for influence in the war-torn country. Late last week, Al-Jazeera...
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