Tag: Syria
Arab League urges Syria to withdraw tanks from streets
A proposed Arab League plan to end months of bloodshed in Syria includes a demand to remove tanks from the streets, the head of...
Arab League urged to freeze Syria membership
Syrian activists on Sunday urged the Arab League to freeze the country’s membership in the 22-member organisation over the deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protests....
Bashar al-Assad warns West against intervention in Syria
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has warned that any Western intervention would cause an “earthquake” inflaming the region, after dozens died in one of the...
Assad warns of ‘quake’ if West intervenes in Syria
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has warned that any Western intervention would cause an "earthquake" inflaming the region, after dozens died in one of the...
US condemns Syrian incursions in Lebanon
The United States on Monday condemned the Syrian army's incursions into neighboring Lebanon and suggested that dissidents of the Damascus regime had either been...
The Syrian stumble
The war on terror has changed the landscape of the Middle East. It has brought in a new world order and created divide between...
Syria slams Arab League over call for dialogue
Syria’s official media lashed out at the Arab League on Wednesday, accusing it of serving US and Israeli interests as the regime continued its...
Six killed in Homs as Syria death toll rises
Six civilians, including one woman, were shot dead in Syria on Wednesday as the ruling regime continued its brutal crackdown on a seven-month popular...
Deaths, arrests as Syrian revolt enters 8th month
Syrian security forces on Saturday killed two people, one in the capital and the other in the flashpoint central city of Homs, activists said,...
UN urges international action on Syria
The UN human rights chief on Friday urged the international community to take action to protect civilians and prevent civil war in Syria, where...
Fourteen killed in Syria violence
Fourteen people were killed in gunfire in two Syrian towns on Thursday, an activist group said, in clashes between troops loyal to President Bashar...
Syria must reform soon: China
China urged Syria Tuesday to move faster to implement reforms, a week after Beijing infuriated the West by blocking a UN resolution against President...
Russia offers to draft ‘more balanced’ Syria resolution
Moscow and Beijing are ready to propose a UN resolution on Syria that is more "balanced" than the West's draft that they controversially vetoed...
More than 30 killed in Syria violence
At least 14 civilians and 17 security personnel were killed in clashes across Syria, with the flashpoint city of Homs turning into a battle...
Syria warns against recognition of opposition bloc
President Bashar al-Assad renewed a pledge of reforms on Sunday, as Syria threatened retaliation if countries recognise an opposition bloc increasingly active on the...
Seven killed as Syrians rally behind SNC
Seven Syrians were shot dead on Friday as thousands of people rallied against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and in support of a...
Syria vows reforms, blames outsiders for unrest
Syria, pledging to pursue democratic reforms, accused foreign powers on Friday of arming demonstrators and the media of waging a propaganda war against President...