Syrian TV denies top officials assassinated
Free Syrian Army claims it killed six, including defense minister and ex-military intelligence chief
View ArticleBomb goes off near head UN observer as intense fighting reported in Damascus
No casualties from roadside blast; clashes take place in neighborhood housing Foreign Ministry, intelligence agencies
View ArticleAl Arabiya: Syrian officials acknowledge Assad’s brother-in-law was killed...
Reports of Assef Shawkat’s death had been denied by Damascus
View ArticleSyrian troops flee after blast kills top officials
President’s brother-in-law, defense minister and top general die in attack at Damascus security HQ; intelligence chief and interior minister injured; Israeli analyst predicts Assad’s imminent demise
View Article3 key Assad officials killed in Damascus blast
President’s brother-in-law, defense minister and top general die in attack at security HQ; intelligence chief and interior minister injured; Israeli analyst predicts Assad’s imminent demise
View ArticleA decisive blow against Assad
With Wednesday’s blast at the heart of the regime, Syria’s opposition has proven that actions on the ground, not UN resolutions, will determine the outcome of the war
View ArticleProfiles of Syria’s slain defense chiefs
BBC: Background on Assad’s brother-in-law, Deputy Defense Minister Gen. Assef Shawkat, and Defense Minister Gen. Dawoud Rajha — both killed in a massive bombing in Damascus Wednesday
View ArticleArab media rejoices over Damascus bombing
Yemen’s president accuses Iran of espionage; wide coverage of the Burgas attack
View ArticleDeath in many guises
Bombings rock Bulgaria and Damascus, and a rabbi’s passing rocks the ultra-Orthodox world
View ArticleIslamist group, not Free Syrian Army, blew up Assad’s inner circle, Israeli...
Last Wednesday’s bombing in the heart of Damascus was carried out by local Muslim extremists, who will surely battle for their piece of the pie as Syria fragments, says Mordechai Kedar
View ArticleAssad: Syria ‘better now’ after ‘national cleansing’
In first television interview in months, president dismisses possibility of foreign intervention in civil war
View ArticleAssad’s sister settles in UAE, Syrians in Dubai confirm
Bushra Assad fled Damascus earlier this month, fearing attacks from her brother’s political opponents
View ArticleSyrian oppositionist: Mubarak’s intelligence chief was killed in Damascus
Haitham Malah claims Omar Suleiman was in Syria to discuss chemical weapons
View ArticleAssad’s mother fled Syria, US ambassador confirms
Anisa Makhlouf reportedly reunites with her daughter, Bushra Assad, in the United Arab Emirates
View ArticlePreparing for a strike
A limited Western attack on Syria will do more damage than good, claims one Arab columnist
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