Albert Aji

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In this Monday, March 24, 2014 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian soldiers carry the coffin of the commander of the pro-government National Defense Forces Hilal Assad, during his funeral at a hospital in Latakia province, Syria. State TV reported late Sunday that Hilal Assad was killed in the fighting against opposition fighters in Kassab. The commander was a member of Syrian President Bashar Assad's family but the TV did not say if they were close relatives. (AP Photo/SANA)

Syrian rebels battle deeper into coastal province

Albert Aji · March 26, 2014 10:09 pm

Syrian army says 93 rebels killed fleeing castle

Albert Aji · March 21, 2014 5:27 pm

Syrian troops capture village near Lebanon border

Albert Aji · March 19, 2014 2:38 pm

In this photo released on the official Facebook page of Syrian Presidency, Syrian president Bashar Assad, center right, visits a shelter of internally displaced people in the Damascus suburb of Adra, Syria, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Syria's state TV is reporting that President Bashar Assad has made a rare public appearance, visiting people displaced by the war in the suburb. Syrian troops have been on the offensive in Adra, just northeast of Damascus, after rebels captured parts of it in December, which displaced thousands from the area. A July U.N. estimate said 6.5 million have been uprooted from their homes and displaced within Syria. (AP Photo)

Syrian parliament approves new election law

Albert Aji · March 13, 2014 5:18 pm

Syria’s Assad makes rare visit to front-line area

Albert Aji · March 12, 2014 1:32 pm

Car bombs in central Syria kill 17

Car bombs in central Syria kill 17

Albert Aji · March 6, 2014 1:12 pm

Syrian army advancing on rebel town near Lebanon

Albert Aji · March 4, 2014 1:24 pm

FILE - This undated activist file photo provided by the group Palestinians of Syria shows Israa al-Masri, a baby who later died of hunger-related illness on Jan. 11, 2014 in the Palestinian neighborhood of Yarmouk in Damascus, Syria. The chief of the United Nations relief agency supporting Palestinian refugees, Filippo Grandi, said Tuesday he is "deeply disturbed and shaken" by the despair and destruction he'd seen in the besieged Yarmouk refugee camp in the Syrian capital. Many need food and medical treatment immediately, Grandi said in a statement released Tuesday. (AP Photo/Palestinians of Syria, File)

UN: Palestinians in Syrian camp are ‘traumatized’

Albert Aji · February 25, 2014 11:49 am

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon addresses during the 50th Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

UN chief pushes for quick return to Syria talks

Albert Aji · February 1, 2014 6:31 pm

A Syrian army soldier walks on a street in the Jobar neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, on Saturday. (AP)

Syria warns US not to intervene militarily

Albert Aji, Associated Press · August 24, 2013 4:00 am

Syrian rebels release 4 UN Filipino peacekeepers

Syrian rebels release 4 UN Filipino peacekeepers

Albert Aji · May 12, 2013 6:57 pm

In this photo from 2013, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, speaks at the headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague, Netherlands. At right, Director General of OPCW Ahmet Uzumcu is seen.

Suicide blast in Syrian capital kills at least 15

Albert Aji, Ryan Lucas · April 8, 2013 4:00 am