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Members of the Al-Nusra Front ride on a vehicle mounted with an anti-aircraft weapon, along a damaged street in Deir Ezzor, eastern Syria February 5, 2014.

Syria: Al-Nusra Front agrees to end fighting with ISIS

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 5, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syrian Islamist rebel group the Al-Nusra Front said on Sunday it would agree to orders from the Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri and stop attacks on its rival the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). A statement posted on the Al-Nusra...

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The words on a wall read “Don’t come close. There is a sniper” in Wadi al-Sayeh in Homs June 22, 2013. Picture taken June 22, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Ibrahim

Syrian forces prepare for Homs offensive

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 30, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syrian government forces yesterday launched a massive attack on rebels in Homs, in order to secure the route between the capital of Damascus and the Syrian coast. This comes at a time when the Free Syrian Army (FSA) announced it has regained...

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In this Monday March 18, 2013 file image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows free Syrian Army fighters fire at Syrian army soldiers during a fierce firefight in Daraa al-Balad, Syria (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video, File)

Syrian Air Strike Hits Lebanon

by Alex Edwards | Apr 4, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The civil war in Syria spilled over into neighboring Lebanon once again this week, with reports that a Syrian military aircraft attacked a Lebanese town on Wednesday. A Syrian helicopter is reported to have fired two rockets into the outskirts...