Patrick J. McDonnell

Syria government forces seize strategic town near Lebanon border
Monday, March 10, 2014 - 06:45
The military takeover of Zara, in Homs province, is the latest advance in the effort to block rebel supply routes from Lebanon.
'Reconciliation' takes hold in embattled Syria town
Monday, March 10, 2014 - 06:40
Participants agree to turn in their arms and sign a pledge of loyalty to Assad's government. In return, officials say, they are allowed to return to civilian life or to army units if they were deserters.
Syrian rebel army fires commander many considered ineffective
Sunday, February 16, 2014 - 22:45
The move appeared to be part of a broader shakeup of the rebel leadership as the Syrian conflict nears the three-year mark with little sign of a resolution.
Car bomb in Lebanon kills at least 3 near the border with Syria
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 08:05
An Al Qaeda-linked group fighting in Syria took responsibility for Saturday's attack in the Lebanese town of Hermel.
U.S. accuses Syria of stalling on chemical weapons surrender
Friday, January 31, 2014 - 11:24
The program "has seriously languished and stalled," Mikulak told the executive council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague, which is coordinating the operation with the United Nations.
Turkish troops fire on Al Qaeda-affiliated militants in Syria
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 08:40
The attack was apparently in retaliation for shelling or gunfire from Syria that landed in Turkish territory.
Car bomb kills 5, injures dozens in Lebanon
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 06:06
Hermel is a mostly Shiite Muslim city whose residents are closely allied with the Hezbollah movement, which has dispatched militiamen to Syria to fight on behalf of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
U.N. inspectors in Syria suspect chemical weapons used in five areas
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 08:35
A United Nations report released Thursday concluded that chemical weapons probably were deployed on several occasions in Syria, the most convincing evidence coming from the Aug. 21 attacks outside Damascus that left hundreds dead.
Syrian army reportedly seizes third town along key north-south highway
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 09:07
The military's strategic aims appear twofold: to sever opposition supply and reinforcement lines from Lebanon and secure the main highway.
U.N. denounces mortar attacks on schools in the Syrian capital
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 09:07
The United Nations on Tuesday denounced as “barbaric” a series of recent mortar attacks on schools in Damascus, Syria's capital, that have left at least four students dead and dozens others injured.

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