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Syria releases 500 crisis detainees

Syria has released hundreds of people who were arrested due to the unrest.

Stop attacks: UN chief to Syria

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said UN observers monitoring the ceasefire were not there to watch ...

Syria: Troops now shell Houla, site of massacre

The UN chief has called on Syria to stop its attacks, saying UN observers were not there to watch th...

Obama holds video conference with EU leaders

US President held video conference with the leaders of France, Italy and Germany and discussed the w...

West may intervene in Syria: Report

Al Qaeda is understood to have moved operatives into Syria from neighbouring Iraq.

US warns of failed Syrian peace plan

US Ambassador Susan Rice says the worst and most likely scenario for Syria is that Kofi Annan`s peac...

Syria rebels give Assad regime 48-hour deadline

Syria’s main rebel group has given President Bashar al-Assad’s government a two-day deadline to obse...

Syria: 13 corpses found amid massacre fallout

The latest killings happened in Deir el-Zour province, where the bodies were found blindfolded with ...

UNSC discusses Syria at closed-door meeting

The UNSC condemned "in the strongest terms" the Houla massacre, in which over 100 people were killed...

‘Syrian diplomats` expulsion counter-productive’

The US, Spain, Great Britain, Italy, Canada, France, Australia, Germany, Japan and other countries a...

US slaps sanctions on Syrian bank

The US imposed sanctions on the Syria International Islamic Bank (SIIB) for its role in helping othe...

UN mission finds 13 bodies in Syria

The UN supervision mission in Syria has discovered 13 bodies near Deir al-Zour province, with all of...

UN rights body to hold session on Syrian massacre

The UN`s top human rights body will hold a special session Friday on the deteriorating situation in ...

Turkey expels diplomats as Syria denounces protest

The move came as Syrian forces bombarded rebel-held areas in the same province where the Houla killi...

China, Russia reaffirm support for Syria

Support from Moscow and Beijing came as western nations such as United States, Britain and France ex...

West expels Syrian envoys; media issues warning

Western nations expelled Syrian ambassadors and diplomats on Tuesday in the wake of a gruesome massa...

Iran sends troops to Syria

Iran has long used Syria`s territory as a base for operations to maintain a lifeline to militant gro...

Russia calls for probe into Syrian massacre

Over 100 people were killed in Houla in Homs province, including dozens of children and women, in th...

Romney welcomes mass expulsion of Syrian diplomats

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called for increasing pressure on Russia to stop selli...

Syrian student killed in homeland: US University

Bassel Al Shahade was a Fulbright Scholar pursuing a master of fine arts in film degree at Syracuse ...

UN points finger at pro-Syrian thugs in massacre

The UN peacekeeping chief said he has seen no reason to believe that "third elements" were involved ...

US rules out military intervention in Syria

The White House says it remains opposed to military action in Syria, reasoning that would only lead ...

Australia expels 2 Syrian diplomats over massacre

Friday`s massacre in Houla was one of the deadliest single events in the 15-month-old uprising again...

Syria: Survivors recount horror of Houla massacre

The UK, France and the US have raised diplomatic pressure on the Assad Government against the killin...

Children killed in Syria attack were executed: UN

A spokesman for the UNHCR says UN monitors found that less than 20 of the 108 people killed died fro...

Syria: Annan discusses peace plan with Assad

International envoy Kofi Annan`s peace plan appears increasingly shaky following a massacre of more ...

Now, $450,000 bounty to kill Syria’s President

The recent massacre in Houla killed over 100 people, including at least 32 children under the age of...

`Both Syrian forces, rebels to blame for massacre`

At least 108 people, around a third of them children, were killed on Saturday in Houla, according to...

Kofi Annan `horrified` by Syria massacre, 108 dead

UN envoy Kofi Annan on Monday called on "every individual with a gun" in Syria to lay down arms.

UK gives Russia ultimatum to intervene in Syria

Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague has reportedly issued an ultimatum to Russia to intervene ...

UNSC strongly condemns Houla massacre in Syria

UNSC held an emergency meeting on the situation in Syria, condemning a massacre in which 108 people ...

Syria denies involvement in Houla massacre

Top UN officials and some countries joined the chorus of condemnation amid mounting calls for a halt...

UN leads global calls for action against violence in Syria

UN Secretary-general Ban Ki- moon has strongly condemned an incident of massive killings, involving ...

Situation in Syria remains serious: UN chief

Reports from Syrian activists say over 12,600 people have been killed in the country since a revolt ...

Syria violence: Over 90 killed including 32 children

Homs has been among the hardest hit provinces in a government crackdown since the uprising against A...

Unrest in Syria affecting Lebanon: Hillary

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has expressed concerns that developments in Syria are contribu...

Two dead after shootout in Lebanese capital

Five soldiers and policemen were also wounded in the gunbattle which caused panic among residents in...

Syria: Gunmen kidnap three Iranian truck drivers

Many Shi’ite Muslims have been kidnapped in Syria by armed rebels, who accuse Iran of sending its fi...

Syria: `260 UN observers from 60 states deployed`

The killings of civilians, Syrian servicemen and law enforcers continue in a number of Syrian provin...

Syrian rebels kidnap 12 Lebanese

The victims were on their way home from a religious pilgrimage in Iraq when rebels intercepted their...

Beirut clashes kill 1 amid fear of Syria spillover

Lebanon and Syria share a complex web of political and sectarian ties and rivalries, which are easil...

‘US, allies step up plans to secure Syria’s chemical weapons`

According to the report, Syria possesses one of the world’s largest arsenals of chemical munitions, ...

G8 supports Kofi Annan Plan on Syria

The Camp David declaration called on the Syrian govt to grant unhindered access of humanitarian aid ...

G8 unified on approach to Iran: Obama

The G-8 leaders are united on their current approach of sanctions, pressure and diplomatic discussio...

Syria: Car bomb targets military compound

Security agencies in several Syrian cities have been targeted by a wave of explosions since late las...

Thousands protests in Syrian city of Aleppo

Thousands rallied in the northern city of Aleppo, which activists said, is the largest turnout since...

UN observers tour resort town near Syrian capital

More than 200 UN observers have been deployed in restive areas in Syria to monitor a ceasefire plan ...

`UN experts say Iran sends arms to Syria`

A Security Council diplomat says a report concluded that Syria continues to be the main destination ...

`Russia, China don`t support Assad` as Syria Prez

Over 200 UN observers have been deployed in Syria to monitor the ceasefire between the government an...

UN observers caught up in Syrian violence

A roadside bomb struck a car belonging to the UN observer mission, just minutes after regime forces ...

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