Syrian National Council Resists Unification
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
The Syrian National Council, the largest antigovernment coalition, resisted an initiative on Saturday that would place all opponents of the government under one umbrella.
Israeli troops killed two civilians and wounded at least 25 after an explosion targeted an Israeli military vehicle on Israel’s border with Gaza, Palestinian officials and witnesses said.
The Syrian National Council, the largest antigovernment coalition, resisted an initiative on Saturday that would place all opponents of the government under one umbrella.
The United Nations reported that 11,000 Syrians fled on Friday, the vast majority of them clambering for safety over the Turkish border.
A compromise in the constituent assembly accepted that “the principles of Islamic law” should guide law, but leaves it up to Parliament and the courts to determine how and what.
The distribution of a draft resolution to all United Nations member states is the first practical act in an effort likely to pit the Palestinians against Israel.
Iran’s defense minister on Friday confirmed that Iranian warplanes had fired shots at an American drone last week but said they had taken the action after the unmanned aircraft had entered Iranian airspace.
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Janine di Giovanni, a Times contributing reporter, gets a rare glimpse at the grinding urban warfare in Homs, Syria.
C.J. Chivers, a New York Times correspondent, reports from Syria on government attempts to seed the black market with altered ammunition to maim and kill rebel soldiers.
An explosion killed at least eight people and transformed a quiet street into a scene reminiscent of Lebanon’s long civil war.
With checkpoints every half-mile, the reality of war has crept into daily life in Syria’s capital.
Nearly nine years passed before American forces reached their first 1,000 dead in the war in Afghanistan. The second 1,000 came just 27 months later, after a troop surge in 2010.
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