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Recipe: Lamb Aleppo kebabsYou can now make this recipe at home! Lavantine executive chef Daniel Kenney shows us how to impress with this lamb recipe every time.LifestyleSep 29
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Israel suspected of deadly airstrike on Iranian embassy in SyriaIran's ambassador to Syria claimed five to seven people, including some diplomats, were killed and that Tehran's response would be "harsh."WorldApr 1
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Israel must protect Gaza civilians to ensure U.S. support, Biden tells NetanyahuBiden in the call also told Netanyahu that an “immediate ceasefire is essential” and urged Israel to reach deal "without delay," according to the White House.WorldApr 4
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Israel strikes Gaza, West Bank, airports in Syria as fighting intensifiesIsrael halted all food, medicine and electricity into the territory after Hamas' deadly Oct. 7 attack. The Israeli military has, so far, allowed fewer than 40 trucks in.WorldOct 22, 2023
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Human Rights Watch: Syrian defectors describe being ordered to shoot on protesters<p> Activists: Syrian forces kill 3 in Damascus suburb as demonstrators gear for weekly protest BEIRUT - Syrian activists say security forces killed three people in a Damascus suburb during an overnight protest against President Bashar Assad's regime. Many activists have recently been opting for nighttime dem</p>WorldJul 7, 2011
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Syria crushes dissident town by town in ‘barbaric’ crackdownSyria's security forces are pressing a deadly town-by-town crushing of dissent and mass round-up of opposition leaders, rights activists said, as Washington slammed the "barbaric" repression.May 12, 2011
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Syrian security forces kill 16 protesters at anti-government demonstrationsSyrian security forces killed at least 16 people Friday, including a teenage boy, as thousands of people poured into the streets across the country calling for the downfall of President Bashar Assad's autocratic regime, activists said.Jun 17, 2011
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Canada worried Syrian chemical weapons could fall into wrong hands: BairdOTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says discussions about a "post-Assad Syria" are underway, including what to do about the stockpile of chemical and biological weapons held by the country's regime.PoliticsJul 25, 2012
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Defected Assad confidant offers to unite Syrian opposition as Aleppo braces for new assaultBEIRUT - Syria's most prominent defector has put himself forward as someone to unite the fractured opposition as the disparate factions were set to gather in Qatar Thursday to try to agree on a transitional leadership if Bashar Assad's regime is toppled.WorldJul 26, 2012
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Swiss government adds Syria airline, other businesses, 25 people to sanctions listGENEVA - The Swiss government has applied an existing set of trade sanctions against Syria to the national airline, two other business organizations and 25 more people.MoneyAug 14, 2012
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Syria launches ground assault in Aleppo as refugees pour into TurkeySyrian troops launched a broad ground assault Wednesday on rebel-held areas of the besieged city of Aleppo and activists reported clashes as opposition forces fought back in a battle that has raged for more than two weeks.WorldAug 8, 2012
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Syria’s prime minister defects, widening cracks in Assad regimeSyria's prime minister defected on Monday, evidence that the widening cracks in President Bashar's Assad's regime have reached the highest echelons of government.WorldAug 6, 2012
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Syrian prime minister defects, widening cracks in Bashar Assad’s regimeBEIRUT - Syria's prime minister began planning his break from the regime two months ago when Bashar Assad offered him the post and an ultimatum: Take the job or die.WorldAug 6, 2012
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Syrian prime minister defects, widening cracks in Bashar Assad’s regimeBEIRUT - Syria's prime minister began planning his break from the regime two months ago when Bashar Assad offered him the post and an ultimatum: Take the job or die.WorldAug 6, 2012
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Gunmen snatch 47 Iranian pilgrims near Damascus, as regime pounds rebel neighbourhoodsBEIRUT - Gunmen snatched 47 Iranian pilgrims just outside Damascus on Saturday in a brazen attack that revealed the growing instability at the centre of President Bashar Assad's power.WorldAug 4, 2012
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Syrian troops bomb rebel-held neighbourhood in central city of HomsSyrian troops on Friday shelled a rebel-held neighbourhood in the flashpoint central city of Homs as President Bashar Assad's troops appeared to be readying to storm the area that has been out of government control for months, activists said.Jun 7, 2012
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Smell of death hangs in Syrian massacre village visited by UN observersU.N. observers could smell the stench of burned corpses Friday and saw body parts scattered around a Syrian farming hamlet that was the scene of a massacre this week in which nearly 80 men, women and children were reported slain.Jun 8, 2012
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Smell of death hangs in Syrian massacre village visited by UN observersBEIRUT - U.N. observers could smell the stench of burned corpses Friday and saw body parts scattered around a Syrian farming hamlet that was the scene of a massacre this week in which nearly 80 men, women and children were reported slain.Jun 8, 2012
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Syrian rebels take their fight to DamascusBullets and shrapnel shells smashed into homes in the Syrian capital of Damascus overnight as troops battled rebels in the streets, a show of boldness for rebels taking their fight against President Bashar Assad to the centre of his power.Jun 9, 2012
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Syrian army drops leaflets over Damascus urging rebels to give up arms or face deathBEIRUT - Syrian military helicopters dropped thousands of leaflets over Damascus and its suburbs Tuesday, urging rebels to hand over their weapons or face "inevitable death" as part of a widening and deadly offensive to recapture areas near the capital that have fallen into rebel hands.Aug 28, 2012