New York Times highlights Human Rights Watch report that says Assad’s forces executed at least 248 people in early May

Ban Ki-moon says ‘overwhelming’ UN report will show chemical weapons use, adds that Assad committed ‘many crimes against humanity’

New documentary ‘Our Man in Tehran’ offers ‘a very true’ look at the rescue of six US citizens during the 1979 crisis

Even in Israel’s secular capital, everything stops on the holiest day of the year — because we want it to

My timely reminder that we are not in charge, and that we can all learn a little humility

Regime’s professed readiness for diplomatic solution to crisis is ‘too little, too late,’ says Syrian National Council

Damascus will have to provide full inventory of its stockpiles next week; all such weapons to be removed or destroyed by mid-2014

President’s hodgepodge of contradicting goals and strategies won’t be resolved by the new effort to get Assad to relinquish his chemical weapons