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Live Chat Wed. 11 A.M. ET: Behind Syria's Front Lines
Join a live chat about “The Battle for Syria” on 9/19 at 11 a.m. ET with Jamie Doran, the film’s producer, and Blake Hounshell, managing editor of Foreign Policy. You can leave a question now.
September 18, 2012
22m
The Regime Responds
Eighteen months into the rebellion, how is Bashar al-Assad holding on to power?
September 17, 2012
Syria: The Crisis, The Rebels & The Endgame
How organized are Syria’s opposition groups? What dangers might the conflict unleash? And what would it take to end it?
September 18, 2012
Interactive Map: The Battle for Syria
The mass protests that began in the rural farming town of Dara’a in March 2011 have since spiraled into nationwide war. Rebels have won control over much of the nation’s countryside, and taken key neighborhoods in several important cities, including Aleppo, and the capital, Damascus.
September 18, 2012
Behind Rebel Lines: Ghaith Abdul-Ahad on Syria’s "War of Attrition"
"At first, it seems safe and so easy to cross from Turkey into Syria. It’s a 10-minute walk, then you take a [car] ride, then you’re driving throughout all of these towns and villages. Liberated."
September 18, 2012
49m
The Battle for Syria
FRONTLINE takes you inside the heart of the insurgency, where rebel groups are waging a full-scale assault on the forces of President Bashar al Assad.
September 18, 2012
Syria's Shocking Civilian Death Toll
August was the deadliest month since the Syrian rebellion began a year-and a-half ago — and more deadly for civilians than the bloodiest months in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, as well as the recent uprisings in the Middle East.
September 14, 2012
U.S. Pressures Pakistan on Mumbai Terror Group
The Obama administration's decision to designate the leadership of Pakistan's Lashkar-e-Taiba group as terrorists last week sends a pointed, if largely symbolic, message to a Pakistani government that remains unable or unwilling to crack down on the organization.
September 4, 2012
Captured Militant Reaffirms Role of Pakistan in Mumbai Attacks
Zabiuddin Ansari's statements to Indian police have reinforced evidence of Pakistani intelligence's role in a terror plot that killed six Americans at the same time Pakistan was receiving billions of dollars in U.S. aid.
August 9, 2012
Relatives of Americans Killed in Yemen Drone Strikes File Suit Against U.S.
Relatives of three Americans killed in U.S. drone strikes in Yemen last fall filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against top CIA and military officials today.
July 18, 2012
"Top Secret America" Price Tag at Record High
It cost at least $11.36 billion to guard America's secrets last year, according to a new report.
July 5, 2012