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After the Arab Spring

Syrian President Bashar Assad performs Eid prayers in the Hamad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, Aug. 19, 2012, in this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA.

Bashar Assad: I will "live and die" in Syria

Isolated Syrian dictator tells Russian TV "price" of Western military intervention more than "world can afford"

Nov 8, 2012

Syrian rebels: We fired at, missed Assad's palace

British prime minister raises the possibility of arming rebels to oust Assad and end 20 months of bloodshed

Nov 7, 2012

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron during a visit to Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan

Allies: Time for Obama to get tough on Syria

Within hours of re-election, U.K., Turkish officials say talks underway about establishing safe zone inside Syria

Nov 7, 2012

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Egyptian teacher convicted in pupil haircut case

Ultraconservative teacher given six-month sentence for cutting hair of two girls for not wearing traditional Muslim headscarf

Nov 6, 2012

Men run during heavy bombing from military warplanes in Houla, Syria

Gunmen kill Syrian lawmaker's brother

Latest assassination targeting Assad regime supporters comes as envoy warns Syria could turn into a Somalia-like failed state

Nov 6, 2012

Defying rally ban, Kuwaitis met with tear gas

Riot police launch gas bombs, stun grenades against thousands attending "illegal" demonstration against new election law in Arab world's latest flashpoint

Nov 5, 2012

In this Sunday, Nov. 04, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter aims a shoulder-fired missile toward a building where Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar Assad are hiding during heavy clashes in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria.

Palestinians join intense fighting in Damascus

Syria's half-million Palestinians struggled to stay on sidelines at first, but started supporting both sides in recent months

Nov 5, 2012

Coptic Christians get a new pope

Bishop Tawadros' name pulled from box in elaborate ceremony to pick ancient Egyptian church's leader

Nov 4, 2012

Israel: Syria tanks enter Golan Heights DMZ

Military spokesman says complaint filed with U.N. after Syrian tanks, two armored personnel carriers entered demilitarized zone

Nov 3, 2012

Activists: Rebels fight Syrian troops over airbase

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the rebels have launched a dawn offensive to take Taftanaz air base

Nov 3, 2012

In this Nov. 1, 2012 photo, rebel fighters watch over enemy positions as they wait for Syrian army troops to enter a street during clashes in the Karmal Jabl battlefield in Aleppo, Syria.

Rebels believed to have executed Syrian troops

Amnesty International says killings in northern town of Saraqeb depicted in video may amount to war crimes

Nov 2, 2012

Activists claim Syria rebels killed 78 soldiers

In a pushback after intense aerial bombardments, Syrian rebels claim victories at several military checkpoints

Nov 1, 2012

U.S. wants Syrian opposition shakeup to defeat Assad

Administration: Shakeup in opposition leadership would better represents those dying on the front and can rally wider support

Oct 31, 2012

For many Egyptian children, hard labor trumps school

The Arab Spring may end up doing little for the millions of those under 17 in Egypt who work instead of study

Oct 30, 2012

Hope fades after latest failed Syrian truce

Syrian air force drops barrel bombs; Rebels attack regime positions; U.N.-backed cease-fire never really took hold

Oct 28, 2012

Bombings, clashes decimate Syria cease-fire

Dozens killed as unraveling of holiday truce marks latest setback to ending country's civil war

Oct 27, 2012

A Free Syrian Army fighter shoots his gun toward government troops as rebel fighters belonging to the Liwa Al Tawhid group carry out a military operation at the Moaskar front line, one of the battlefields in the Karmal Jabl neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria,

Syrian cease-fire tested by violence

62 people killed, less than half of typical daily death toll, according to activists; 2 car bombs kill 13, wound at least 30 more

Oct 26, 2012

Syrian cease-fire pact reached, but it's tenuous

The chances of success of a four-day cease-fire in Syria appear slim, as the government reserves the right to shoot back

Oct 25, 2012

In Al-Bab, Syria, a suburb of Aleppo, children attend class in their new "bunker schools" following the bombing of six schools by Bashar Assad's air force.

"Bunker schools" for Syrian kids

Determined to learn, children attend class underground after bombs destroyed six schools outside of Aleppo

Oct 24, 2012
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A Syrian rebel walks outside the Umayyad Mosque in Aleppo

Jihadist Syrian rebel group rejects truce

Jabhat al-Nusra militia, behind several suicide attacks on gov't, calls proposed ceasefire a "filthy game" as car bomb rocks Damascus

Oct 24, 2012

Lakhdar Brahimi arrives at his meeting with UN Secretary General

Syria, some rebel groups agree to temporary truce, envoy says

U.N.-Arab League envoy says it's supposed to happen during four-day Muslim holiday that starts at end of week

Oct 24, 2012

Syrians help an injured man onto a truck after a shelling in Aleppo, Syria, Oct. 23, 2012, in this video footage on YouTube that could not be independently verified.

Syrian activists: Deadly shelling at Aleppo bakery

Rebels say women, children die in shelling carried out by Assad forces; Anti-aircraft shell hits Turkish building over border

Oct 23, 2012

Jordanian soldier killed in Syria-related fighting

Deadly violence has spilled across another border in the ever-widening Syrian conflict; Truce seems distant

Oct 22, 2012

Syria violence spilling over into other nations

Anti-Assad protests in Lebanon, foiled terror plot in Jordan indicate effect of Syrian civil war on region's security, which allows al Qaeda-inspired groups to proliferate