Patrick J. McDonnell
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 08:40
The attack was apparently in retaliation for shelling or gunfire from Syria that landed in Turkish territory.
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.
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.
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.
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.