Tag: Syria

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday criticised the international community for muted criticism of Syria, saying more would be heard if the...

European nations said Thursday they have key Arab support for a UN resolution condemning human rights abuses by the Syrian government. Diplomats from Germany,...

Russia said the world community should call on all sides in Syria including the opposition to stop violence, saying the Arab League's recent peace...

More than 70 people were killed in violence across Syria on Monday, one of the bloodiest days since an anti-regime uprising began eight months...

Syria said on Monday an Arab League decision to suspend it was "an extremely dangerous step" at a time when it was implementing a...

Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad's exiled uncle, a former regime insider accused of carrying out a massacre in 1982, says he wants to oversee a...

Damascus on Sunday called for an Arab summit to address the crisis in Syria, a day after the Arab League suspended the country’s membership...

Saudi Arabia on Sunday condemned an attack by angry protesters on its embassy in Damascus, blaming the Syrian government for a security lapse, the...

The Arab League on Saturday suspended Syria until President Bashar al-Assad implements an Arab deal to end violence against protesters, and called for sanctions...

At least seven people were killed in Syria on Friday, most of them in the restive city of Homs, as Human Rights Watch accused...

Lebanon’s premier has come under mounting pressure over the kidnapping of Syrian dissidents in Lebanon, with the opposition accusing his government of kowtowing to...

Arab leaders are privately telling the United States that they have offered Syrian President Bashar al-Assad asylum in a bid to get him to...

Clashes in the restive Syrian city of Homs killed three civilians, while four pro-regime militiamen died in Idlib province on Saturday, a human rights...

Syrian tank fire killed at least three people in the city of Homs early on Friday as security forces pursued a violent crackdown on...

Several months back, when the Arab League suspended Libya's membership and passed a resolution supporting a "no-fly zone" over the country; it appeared to...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday his country would oppose a Libya-style military intervention against the Syrian regime which is battling months-long...

The Arab League on Monday revealed that its proposed roadmap to end violence in Syria includes the withdrawal of tanks from Syrian streets as...