Bombs target Egyptian police in attacks across Cairo

Officials say six people killed in string of four bombings around Cairo on eve of third anniversary of uprising that toppled leader Hosni Mubarak

• Jan 24, 2014

U.S. to provide communication equipment to Syrian rebels

Secretary of State Hilary Clinton spoke with CBS News correspondent Clarissa Ward on the escalating violence in Syria and how the U.S. has pledged $12 million in aid including satellite communications equipment to the rebels fighting there.

• Apr 1, 2012
• 3:23

Egypt security forces targeted in Sinai Peninsula

Huge blast kills at least 2 near security HQ in south of restive peninsula, as gunmen reportedly attack troops in Nile Delta

• Oct 7, 2013

U.N. inspectors to visit supposed Syria chemical attack site

Deal with Assad regime came 24 hours after the U.N.'s high representative for disarmament affairs, Angela Kane, arrived in Damascus

• Aug 25, 2013
• 0:59

U.S. weighs military options against Syria

As U.N. inspectors prepare to visit the site of a supposed chemical attack in Syria, the U.S. is weighing its options for military intervention

• Aug 25, 2013
• 2:01

Military holds upper hand in Egypt

Muslim Brotherhood protestors were outnumbered by local residents who support the military

• Aug 23, 2013
• 1:00

Syrian doctors swarmed with possible chemical attack victims

A mobile medical unit set up inside Syria treated 900 people - 70 of whom died

• Aug 23, 2013
• 1:55

U.S. forces prepare for possible strike on Syria

As the death toll rises in Syria, the Pentagon makes preparations for action

• Aug 23, 2013
• 2:55

Egypt forces launch bloody siege to clear Morsi backers

Claims that hundreds of backers of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted President Mohammed Morsi killed at protest camps

• Aug 14, 2013
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Refugee camps strain resources on Jordan-Syria border

If the Assad regime falls, there are fears the fighting could spill over into Jordan, destabilizing a key ally of the U.S.

• May 7, 2013
• 2:29

Possible chemical weapons in Syria

The White House said there is evidence that the Syrian regime has used nerve gas against its people in at least two attacks

• Apr 27, 2013
• 4:02

Poll: 62 percent of U.S. against Syrian intervention

CBS News' Margaret Brennan talks to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about the aid the U.S. is sending to Syria

• Apr 30, 2013
• 2:20

Syria state media: PM escapes assassination attempt

Clarissa Ward, who has covered the Syria conflict extensively, talks about the violence, the rebels, and word among the Syrian people

• Apr 29, 2013
• 2:23

Obama on Syria: Chemical weapons, if used, a "game-changer"

President Obama said the use of chemical weapons in Syria would be a game-changer and that he believes the Assad regime has lost all credibility

• Mar 21, 2013
• 1:07

Syria's civil war: Images of horror

2 years of fighting leaves a legacy of hellish landscapes and graphic snapshots of life and death on the frontlines (WARNING: Graphic images)

• Mar 4, 2013
• 20 photos

Syrian rebels may boycott 1st meeting with Kerry

With violence raging and a diplomatic solution appearing far off in Syria's civil war, many rebels question the point of attending international conferences

• Feb 24, 2013

Syrian rebels target key infrastructure

Using captured tanks, Syrian rebels aim for police academy near Aleppo; Assad regime losing important ground in civil war

• Feb 24, 2013

Huge, deadly blast hits central Damscus

Dozens killed, including kids, in car bomb attack near Assad's party headquarters, Russian Embassy

• Feb 21, 2013

Christians, threatened by Syrian war, flee to Lebanon

A minority once loyal to the government floods the neighboring country as their very existence is threatened by sectarian violence

• Feb 21, 2013

Syria: 32 people killed in car bomb attack

In Damascus, Syria, a powerful car bomb went off near the headquarters of Syria's ruling party killing 32 people

• Feb 21, 2013
• 0:20

Syrian rebels claim attack on presidential palace

Unclear whether Assad was "home" when rebels attacked palace; missile levels stretch of buildings in Aleppo

• Feb 19, 2013

U.N.: Both sides in Syria guilty of war crimes

While rebels commit violations, they don't match the "intensity and scale" of Assad regime war crimes, a U.N. investigator said

• Feb 19, 2013

What it's like inside a Syrian government prison

Opposition forces overtake Idlib prison and release inmates, giving rare glimpse into wartime capture in Syria

• Feb 18, 2013

In Libya, justice elusive on uprising's anniversary

Former Qaddafi loyalists often gunned down on Libya's streets, as the country struggles to right itself while celebrating a new era

• Feb 17, 2013

Israel says it aided wounded Syrians

Syria and the neighboring Jewish state have fought wars, but some Syrians begin to find Israel's border welcoming

• Feb 17, 2013

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