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    May 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Syria activists look to a grave for evidence against Assad

    WASHINGTON — The hunt for proof that Syrian government forces used banned chemical weapons may come down to a rotting corpse exhumed late last month from a makeshift cemetery near Damascus.
    WASHINGTON — The hunt for proof that Syrian government forces used banned chemical weapons may come down to a rotting corpse exhumed late last month from a makeshift cemetery near Damascus. The grave diggers — a Syrian doctor and several...

    Tags: Politics, Turkey, U.S. Department of State, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Embassy

    2. May 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Syria, Israel exchange fire across cease-fire line

    BEIRUT -- Syria said Tuesday that its forces had destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed into Syrian territory from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, an account disputed by Israel, which said that shots were fired at a patrol inside Israeli-controlled territory.
    BEIRUT -- Syria said Tuesday that its forces had destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed into Syrian territory from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, an account disputed by Israel, which said that shots were fired at a patrol inside Israeli-controlled...

    Tags: Wars and Interventions, Xi Jinping, Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Nations, Eurovision Song Contest (tv program)

    3. May 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Syria's military shows unexpected resilience

    BEIRUT — The military onslaught this week against the strategic Syrian town of Qusair has dramatized a surprising combat resilience that has already put rebel forces on the defensive on other key fronts, including near the capital, Damascus.
    BEIRUT — The military onslaught this week against the strategic Syrian town of Qusair has dramatized a surprising combat resilience that has already put rebel forces on the defensive on other key fronts, including near the capital, Damascus. The...

    Tags: Politics, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Lebanon, Islam

    4. May 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. New videos from Syria spotlight conflict's brutality

    New video surfaced on the Internet on Thursday purporting to show Syrian rebel fighters killing 11 prisoners they accused of taking part in massacres by forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. It was the latest of many grisly videos that have...

    Tags: Politics, Murder, Massacres, Research, Prisons

    5. May 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Iranians protest desecration of Syrian shrine

    TEHRAN -- Iranians took to the streets Friday in the latest protest against the desecration last week by Syrian rebels of an ancient Shiite shrine outside Damascus, the Syrian capital. "We have to show our anger," declared Ebrahim Jalili, 80, a carpet...

    Tags: Politics, Tehran (Iran), Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Islam

    6. May 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Syrian opposition says 42 soldiers killed in airstrikes

    BEIRUT — A Syrian opposition group said Monday that more than 42 soldiers were killed and  100 others remained unaccounted for in reported Israeli airstrikes Sunday outside Damascus, providing the first unofficial accounting of casualties in attacks that raised concerns about an escalation of the more than 2-year-old Syrian conflict.
    BEIRUT — A Syrian opposition group said Monday that more than 42 soldiers were killed and  100 others remained unaccounted for in reported Israeli airstrikes Sunday outside Damascus, providing the first unofficial accounting of casualties in attacks...

    Tags: Politics, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Rebellions, Government

    7. May 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Israel says strikes in Syria target arms for Hezbollah

    JERUSALEM — With three airstrikes against Syria since January, Israel has inserted itself forcefully into the "Arab Spring's" most intractable conflict, heightening fears that Syria's civil war could spiral into a regional conflagration.
    JERUSALEM — With three airstrikes against Syria since January, Israel has inserted itself forcefully into the "Arab Spring's" most intractable conflict, heightening fears that Syria's civil war could spiral into a regional conflagration. The...

    Tags: Politics, Meet the Press (tv program), Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Nations, Lebanon

    8. May 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. The Sunday Conversation: Peter Sellars

    Theater director Peter Sellars, a UCLA professor of world arts and cultures, will be honored by the Santa Monica Museum of Art at its 25th-anniversary Precognito Gala on May 9.
    Theater director Peter Sellars, a UCLA professor of world arts and cultures, will be honored by the Santa Monica Museum of Art at its 25th-anniversary Precognito Gala on May 9. Why are you based in Los Angeles instead of New York, which has a larger...

    Tags: Music, Culture, Music Industry, Education, Arts and Culture

    9. May 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Syria blames Israel for predawn blasts near Damascus

    BEIRUT — Huge explosions were reported in Damascus early Sunday, just two days after a reported Israeli airstrike in Syria targeting surface-to-air missiles possibly destined for neighboring Lebanon and the militant group Hezbollah.
    BEIRUT — Huge explosions were reported in Damascus early Sunday, just two days after a reported Israeli airstrike in Syria targeting surface-to-air missiles possibly destined for neighboring Lebanon and the militant group Hezbollah. Syrian state...

    Tags: Politics, Research, U.S. Military, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Lebanon

    10. May 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Syria blames Israel for new explosions in Damascus

    BEIRUT -- Huge explosions were reported early Sunday in the Syrian capital, Damascus, and state-run media blamed Israel for a strike on a defense research facility outside the capital.
    BEIRUT -- Huge explosions were reported early Sunday in the Syrian capital, Damascus, and state-run media blamed Israel for a strike on a defense research facility outside the capital. State television said Israeli rockets had targeted a research...

    Tags: Politics, Richard Nixon, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Lebanon

    11. Mar 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Arab hip-hop's El Rass takes on rap and revolution

    BEIRUT — When Mazen El Sayed, a.k.a. El Rass, picks up a microphone, his provocative phrasings may lock in on any number of targets: Islamic clerics, the West, Arab regimes, social inequities. "We are all made from the same steel," the Lebanese hip-hop artist proclaims, "but the blacksmith is rotten."
    BEIRUT — When Mazen El Sayed, a.k.a. El Rass, picks up a microphone, his provocative phrasings may lock in on any number of targets: Islamic clerics, the West, Arab regimes, social inequities. "We are all made from the same steel," the Lebanese hip-...

    Tags: Tripoli (Libya), Music, Poetry, Journalism, Islam

    12. Mar 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. U.N. withdrawing staff from Syria, citing danger

    BEIRUT -- The United Nations said Monday that it is temporarily withdrawing some of its international staff from Syria because of deteriorating security conditions, especially in the capital, Damascus, where rebel mortar attacks have escalated in recent days.
    BEIRUT -- The United Nations said Monday that it is temporarily withdrawing some of its international staff from Syria because of deteriorating security conditions, especially in the capital, Damascus, where rebel mortar attacks have escalated in recent...

    Tags: United Nations, Bashar Assad

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