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3:36 PM, Apr 11, 2013 • By LEE SMITH

Today NOW Lebanon publishes an article, with charts and graphics, explaining how the war in Syria pitting Sunni-majority rebels against Bashar al-Assad’s minority Alawite regime has spread to Lebanon, affecting the delicate sectarian balance there. The fighting in Lebanon so far has been contained mostly to Tripoli, a city in the northern part of the country that has long reflected Lebanon’s own internal divides as well as those of neighboring Syria.

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5:45 PM, Apr 9, 2013 • By THOMAS JOSCELYN

Al Qaeda’s presence inside Syria is now so significant that the terrorist organization has decided it is no longer worthwhile to pretend otherwise. Previously, al Qaeda operated under a thinly veiled alternative identity – the Al Nusrah Front.

8:44 AM, Mar 29, 2013 • By DANIEL HALPER

Elliott Abrams writes:

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Senior editor Lee Smith with host Michael Graham.

4:49 PM, Mar 25, 2013 • By TWS PODCAST

THE WEEKLY STANDARD podcast with senior editor Lee Smith on the mess in Syria and his piece "Why Obama Won't Move Against Assad." Hosted by Michael Graham.

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Senior editor Lee Smith with host Michael Graham.

4:49 PM, Mar 25, 2013 • By TWS PODCAST

THE WEEKLY STANDARD podcast with senior editor Lee Smith on the mess in Syria and his piece "Why Obama Won't Move Against Assad." Hosted by Michael Graham.

2:02 PM, Mar 24, 2013 • By DANIEL HALPER

On Friday, President Barack Obama left Israel, after spending a couple days with the leaders of America's closest ally in the region.

1:00 PM, Mar 24, 2013 • By DANIEL HALPER

House Intelligence Committee chair Mike Rogers said this morning on CBS that "it is abundantly clear that that red line has been crossed." Watch here.

"I think that it is abundantly clear that that red line has been crossed," said the House Intel chair, about chemical weapons being used in Syria. "There is mounting evidence that it is probable that the Assad regime has used at least a small quantity of chemical weapons during the course of this conflict."

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He fears angering Iran.

3:05 PM, Mar 22, 2013 • By LEE SMITH

It’s still unclear whether chemical weapons were used earlier this week in attacks in Syria's Aleppo province, and if so who’s responsible—Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s troops or rebel forces. The U.N.

9:11 AM, Mar 19, 2013 • By DANIEL HALPER

Richard Cohen, writing in the Washington Post:

9:17 AM, Mar 16, 2013 • By DANIEL HALPER

Congressman Mike Rogers writes:

YPG fighters in Sere Kaniyah

Syria’s other combatants

Mar 18, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 26 • By JONATHAN SPYER

Syrian Kurdistan

YPG fighters in Sere Kaniyah

Syria’s other combatants

Mar 18, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 26 • By JONATHAN SPYER

Syrian Kurdistan

How to Prevent Atrocities

There’s no substitute for presidential leadership

Mar 11, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 25 • By TOD LINDBERG

How to Prevent Atrocities

There’s no substitute for presidential leadership

Mar 11, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 25 • By TOD LINDBERG

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American assistance will no longer be pocketed by the Assad regime.

5:31 PM, Feb 28, 2013 • By LEE SMITH

After meeting with Syrian opposition figures in Rome today, Secretary of State John Kerry announced that the United States was sending $60 million in non-lethal aid to the opposition. That assistance, according to Kerry, “will strengthen the organizational capacity of the Syrian Opposition Coalition.

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