Syria: Opposition accuses Assad forces of using 'poisonous gases'
Fp Archives • 12 years agoSyrian regime forces fired intense artillery and rocket barrages Wednesday on the eastern suburbs of the capital Damascus, in what two pro-opposition groups claimed was a "poisonous gas" attack that killed dozens of people.
US arms will not go to Islamist militants, assures Syria Opposition
Fp Archives • 12 years agoSyria's opposition said on Thursday that it was concerned US lawmakers had succeeded in holding up US weapons deliveries to rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and repeated assurances the arms will not go to Islamist militants.
Syria violence: Opposition to decide on joining peace talks
Fp Archives • 12 years agoSyria's opposition coalition will meet in Istanbul on May 23 to decide whether to participate in a US and Russian-sponsored conference to try to end the Syrian civil war, coalition officials said on Sunday.
Syria's oppn puts aside differences in hope to topple Assad
Fp Archives • 13 years agoRepresentatives of groups including rebel fighters, veteran dissidents and ethnic and religious minorities agreed to join a new assembly that can form a government-in-exile.