Islamic Militants Help Syrian Rebels Seize Missile Base
Unclear whether they'd be able to make use of the missiles
Unclear whether they'd be able to make use of the missiles
Syrian military helicopter bombed a town near the border
Says the Moscow-to-Damascus flight was carrying military supplies
Syria and Russia are outraged
Would be a strategic victory
Called Syrian rebels terrorists as the main outfit warned Hezbollah to stay out
Syrian mortars have been fired into Turkey in the past week
Stationed 35 miles from the Syrian border
AFI is renowned for its brutality and has played a key role in the crackdown against Assad's opposition
Syria may be heading for a war with Turkey along with its current civil war
Picking sides in these sorts of things has an unproblematic history, right?
Members of the ruling party welcome as long as they didn't participate in killings
Yes, there's an element of extortion
State media says a mortar hit a rural area near the border
Several mortars were lobbed over the border over the last week leading to retaliatory measures by Turkey
Afraid blowback could hit their own country even harder
Stopped after possibly hitting several military targets
Second mortar to hit the town since Friday
Three suicide bombers targeted the center of the city while a fourth hit the Chamber of Commerce
Breaking from previous support of Arab Spring movements, they back the establishment
Austin Tice went missing in Syria weeks ago
They say the dialogue requested by the Syrian government is out of the question
Fighting doesn't look to be ending anytime soon
Divisions within forces opposing Assad threaten the possibility of international support
Another $15 million to political opponents and $30 million in humanitarian aid