Tag: Syria

Syria buries Damascus dead, threatening ‘iron fist’

The Syrian regime held funerals on Saturday for 26 people killed in a Damascus suicide bombing that it called a "terrorist attack," promising an...

25 people killed by blast in Syria

An explosion ripped through a busy intersection in the Syrian cbrachy therapyital Friday, hitting a bus carrying police and killing up to 25 people...

Arab League turns to UN for help in Syria

The Arab League has turned to the United Nations for help after admitting “mistakes” in its Syria monitoring mission, which has come in for...

Syria frees 552 detained during unrest

Syria has released 552 people who were detained over their involvement in political unrest and who have "no blood on their hands," the official...

Syria accuses US of interfering in Arab affairs

Syria accused the United States on Wednesday of interfering in Arab League affairs, as a US envoy travelled to Cairo for talks with the...

Arab League says Syria monitors helping, activists sceptical

The head of the Arab League said its peace monitors were helping to ease a violent crackdown on anti-government protests in Syria but activists...

Arab body says monitors should quit Syria promptly

An Arab League advisory body called on Sunday for the immediate withdrawal of the organisation’s monitoring mission in Syria, saying it was allowing Damascus...

Syria urged to give observers free hand

Arab League observers headed Wednesday to more key protests hubs in Syria as world powers urged Damascus to give them full access as they...

13 killed in Syria’s flashpoint Homs

Heavy gunfire in Syria's flashpoint central city Homs killed 13 people on Monday in the Sunni district of Baba Amro, the Syrian Observatory for...

Arab observers head to Syria

Syrian troops on Thursday pursued an offensive in a region where activists reported the deadliest assault in a nine-month-old crackdown on unrest, as the...

Observer advance team to Syria Thursday

An advance team of Arab observers will head to Damascus on Thursday to set the ground for monitors overseeing a deal to end months...

Syria finally agrees to observers

Syria on Monday pledged full cooperation with the Arab League after it finally agreed to allow an observer mission to monitor a deal to...

Iraq FM to lead Syria initiative

Baghdad’s foreign minister will lead an Iraqi initiative to end months of unrest in Syria by holding talks with the Damascus regime, opposition groups...

Arab League to consider taking Syria plan to United Nations

An Arab ministerial committee proposed Saturday taking an Arab League plan to end the crisis in Syria to the UN Security Council, Qatar Prime...

Arabs may take Syria peace plan to UN

Arab states may ask the U.N. Security Council to endorse their peace plan aimed at ending a Syrian crackdown on protests against President Bashar...

Syria deserters kill at least 27 troops

Syrian army deserters killed at least 27 soldiers and members of the security forces during clashes in the southern province of Daraa on Thursday,...

Syria faces pressure over monitors as toll climbs

World powers piled pressure on Syria to allow observers to monitor spiralling deadly violence as activists condemned rights violations on Saturday’s anniversary of International...