Tag: Syria

A senior aide to Syria’s embattled President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday hailed as “historic” Russian and Chinese vetoes of a UN resolution against his...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that his government is soon to announce sanctions against neighbouring Syria. “We can no longer...

Russia hit out on Tuesday at a UN resolution proposed by European nations that condemns Syria’s deadly crackdown on anti-regime protests, describing it as...

The Syrian National Council (SNC), which is trying to unite opponents to the regime of President Bashar Assad, was holding negotiations behind closed doors...

Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets across Syria on Friday demanding the removal of President Bashar al-Assad, as fighting continued between...

Seven Syrian soldiers and police were killed in a military operation against "terrorists" in the central town of Rastan, the state news agency said...

Pro-regime demonstrators on Thursday tried to attack the US ambassador to Syria, an opposition leader said, as Damascus accused Washington of inciting “armed groups”...

Western powers dropped calls for sanctions against Damascus at the UN Security Council in the face of veto threats from China and Russia, even...

The United States is increasingly convinced Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will be overthrown and is preparing for a possibly violent aftermath, the New York...

Security forces in Syria shot dead at least 11 people in operations across the country on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said,...

Pro-democracy activists in Syria held a “day of anger” against Russia on Tuesday as a Western-led drive for UN sanctions over the regime’s deadly...

At least 2,600 people have been killed in Syria since pro-democracy protests broke out in March and President Bashar al-Assad sent in troops to...

France has described as a “scandal” the failure of the United Nations so far to agree a resolution against the violent crackdowns on dissidents...

Syria, accused by France of committing "crimes against humanity," Thursday pressed its crackdown on dissent as it sent security forces into a northwestern village,...

France on Wednesday accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime of committing crimes against humanity and expressed hope that Russia would soon join sanctions against...

Syrian forces killed at least seven people in a massive tank-backed raid on the flashpoint city of Homs on Wednesday, activists said, after the...

Syria's security forces shot dead at least seven people as they launched a huge operation in the central flashpoint city of Homs Wednesday, rights...