Tag: Syria
Annan warns Syria of grave concern, West pulls envoys
Peace envoy Kofi Annan expressed “grave concern” to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday and Western nations threw out its envoys to protest against...
25 killed across Syria, clashes rage
Violence raged on Monday across Syria, where 25 people, most of them regime forces, were reportedly killed as clashes broke out in several restive...
IMF isn’t exactly renowned for spreading optimism
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that in 2012 Oil prices were expected to remain high; and spillovers from Syria could affect a...
Syria UN observers visit ‘massacre’ town
UN observers rushed on Saturday to a town in central Syria where scores of civilians were reportedly massacred, including 25 children, as the opposition...
Anti-regime demos across Syria, troops fire on protesters
Syrian troops opened fired on democracy activists on Friday who took to the streets across the country demanding regime change, monitors said, as armed...
Syria rebels pounded, deny pilgrims kidnap
Regime forces launched a fierce assault on the rebel bastion of Rastan in central Syria on Wednesday, raining shells on the town before launching...
Suicide blast, attacks kill at least 19 in Syria
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden car outside security headquarters in Syria’s biggest eastern city on Saturday, killing nine people and wounding 100, state...
23 troops killed, EU slaps new sanctions on Syria
Fierce clashes between regime forces and armed rebels in central Syria on Monday killed 23 Syrian soldiers and wounded dozens, a watchdog said, as...
UN observer mission boosted as another 23 die in Syria
Regime forces battled rebels and carried out raids across Syria Sunday in a surge of violence that killed 23 people, monitors and activists said,...
Syria violence kills 4 even as UN mission grows
Violence in Syria killed four civilians on Saturday, one of them a woman, a rights watchdog said, even as a UN mission charged with...
26 dead in Syria hours after new UN ceasefire call
Ten civilians killed by regime mortar fire and 12 troops died in clashes with rebels were among 26 dead in Syria on Tuesday just...
Syria, UN agree on observers for shaky truce
Syria and the United Nations signed a deal on Thursday on the framework for observers to monitor a shaky ceasefire, as Arab and Western...
UN observers see ‘difficult’ job as Syria toll mounts
UN military observers acknowledged on Tuesday that they face a "difficult" job firming up a shaky ceasefire in Syria as five civilians were killed...
Syria pounds protest hubs but peace envoy hopeful
Syria pounded protest hubs Wednesday, despite mounting pressure from world powers, as peace envoy Kofi Annan said there is still a chance to salvage...
Six Syrian troops ‘killed as shelling resumes’
Unidentified gunmen killed six Syrian soldiers in the northeast, as regime forces shelled areas in Homs and Aleppo on Tuesday, monitors said, on the...
Syria army to withdraw from cities ‘once secure’
The Syrian army will withdraw from urban areas “once peace and security prevail,” foreign ministry spokesman Jihad Makdisi said in comments carried by state...
Clinton in Saudi push to end crackdown in Syria
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was holding talks in Riyadh Friday with Saudi leaders as she kicked off a two-country tour aimed at...
