BEIRUT: Syria’s main opposition group has elected an interim prime minster to run what amounts to an administration in exile, tasked with bringing disparate rebel military groups under the control of a credible civilian leadership.
Published21 Mar, 201304:03am
A SCHISM is developing in northern Syria between jihadists and Free Syrian Army units, which threatens to pitch both groups against each other and open a new phase in the Syrian civil war.
Published18 Jan, 201310:01pm
BEIRUT: Syrian rebels’ success in seizing three military bases in less than a week has underscored the growing difficulty faced by Damascus in securing its outposts and stopping a rebel encroachment that has claimed
Published25 Nov, 201202:52am
LONDON, Oct 20: Wissam al-Hassan knew he was a marked man. Last week, as he briefed Lebanon’s opposition leaders on the case on which he had staked his career, the spy chief told them that assassins were again stalking the country.
Published21 Oct, 201201:09am
BEIRUT: A country born out of crisis and hewn ever since by uncertainty takes a lot to unsettle. But more than 20 years after its civil war ended, Lebanon is again being forced to confront one of its most pervasive
Published17 Aug, 201202:34am
ANTAKYA (Turkey): Gun battles rocked the streets of Aleppo on Thursday as rebel groups tried to push from their stronghold in the south of the city. Meanwhile, diplomatic hopes for a resolution to the crisis were
Published04 Aug, 201203:05am
THE day after Iraq's Al Qaeda affiliate warned that it was readying for a new offensive, a new offensive came. The co-ordinated attacks - around 30 in total - shattered the government narrative that the terror group has been defeated.
Published25 Jul, 201202:41am
THE road to Damascus had been the Syrian opposition’s most difficult journey. Now, after one decisive and deadly strike, the world’s oldest capital appears in reach.
Published19 Jul, 201209:01pm
ON Monday, Qatar`s prime minister declared his state`s intent to start helping the Syrian opposition “by all means”, including giving them weapons
Published02 Mar, 201208:10pm
LONDON: An Arab League official has launched a scathing attack on the regional body`s mission to Syria, claiming it has been powerless to prevent`multiple crimes against humanity` from being committed by troops loyal to the regime of
Published11 Jan, 201210:23pm
THE US departure has led to one of the biggest movements of troops and equipment of modern times and one of the biggest fire sales.
Published17 Dec, 201112:35am
