Tag: Syria

Syrian tanks and troops swept into two northwestern towns near the Turkish border on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding 13 according to activists,...

Pope Benedict XVI called Sunday for a redoubling of efforts to restore peace in conflict-torn Syria and Libya. In his weekly address to pilgrims,...

Syrian army tanks on Sunday launched a pre-dawn assault on Deir Ezzor, the largest city in the country's northeast, a leading London-based rights activist...

The US, French and German leaders pledged to consider new steps to punish Syria after security forces shot dead at least 22 people as...

President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday issued a decree authorising multipartism in Syria, the official SANA news agency reported. "Assad on Thursday proclaimed a presidential decree...

Syrian tanks shelled the city of Hama after nightly Ramadan prayers on Tuesday, residents said, on the third day of an armoured assault to...

Syrian dissidents on Tuesday urged US President Barack Obama to call on Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to quit power and pressed for UN sanctions...

The death toll in Syria’s violent crackdown on opposition to President Bashar al-Assad in the city of Hama and elsewhere climbed on Tuesday, spurring...

President Bashar al-Assad praised troops for "foiling the enemies" of Syria, state news agency SANA said on Monday, a day after security forces reportedly...

Syrian forces shot dead at least 20 civilians in attacks on pro-democracy demonstrations across the country on Friday, the Syrian human rights organisation Sawasiah...

Security forces have arrested two opposition members of a national coordination committee for democratic change in Syria, human rights activists said on Thursday. "Security...

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem warned the French and US ambassadors on Wednesday not to travel outside Damascus after they both visited the flashpoint...

The European Union could toughen sanctions on Syrian President President Bashar al-Assad's government in days over his crackdown on pro-democracy protests, EU foreign ministers...

At least 30 people were killed at the weekend in clashes between residents in Homs, a rights group said, in the first factional fighting...

Syrian security forces killed two protesters in Deir Ezzor on Thursday, an activist said, as the West keeps up pressure for UN action against...

Saudi Arabia has helped damp down democracy movements sweeping the Arab world but is waiting now to see how events play out in places...

Western governments ratcheted up the pressure for UN Security Council action against Syria on Wednesday with France branding blocking moves by China and Russia...