Tag: Syria

Angry mobs stormed the American and French embassies in Syria on Monday, after the two Western envoys visited the city of Hama, a flashpoint...

Protests were staged overnight in several towns in Syria against the opening on Sunday of a "national dialogue" hailed by the regime but boycotted...

Syria opened a “national dialogue” on Sunday that it hailed as a step towards multi-party democracy after five decades of Baath party rule, but...

Syrian forces and gunmen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad shot dead at least six civilians in the second day of raids on the city...

President Bashar al-Assad sacked the governor of Hama province on Saturday, a day after tens of thousands of protesters massed in the provincial capital...

Syrian forces killed 28 civilians on Friday on a day of massive anti-regime rallies and in shelling of villages in the northwestern province of...

Syrian security forces killed three demonstrators and wounded at least a dozen more Friday as hundreds of thousands turned out to demand the departure...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took Syria and Belarus to task for their human rights record on Friday, and also warned that women...

Syrian troops shot dead four villagers on Wednesday, an activist said, as authorities pressed on with a tank-led assault that has already driven thousands...

Syrian tanks on Saturday rolled into a village on the border with Turkey where workers are scrambling to erect a huge tent city for...

The European Union piled pressure on the Syrian regime on Friday, warning that its legitimacy was undermined by a brutal crackdown and imposing sanctions...

Syria strongly rejected on Tuesday any foreign intervention over its deadly crackdown on a pro-democracy revolt and singled out its former colonial ruler France,...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday ordered a new general amnesty, a day after an offer of “national dialogue” to end Syria’s unrest, even...

Syrians prepared on Saturday to bury at least 12 protesters shot dead by security forces as Washington warned the government’s “continued brutality” may delay...

Britain urged its nationals on Saturday to leave Syria “now” by commercial means, warning that its embassy in Damascus would unlikely be able to...

Syrian security forces opened fire on protesters in the western coastal city of Banias after Friday prayers, causing an unknown number of casualties, rights...

The United States on Thursday condemned Syria’s “outrageous use of violence” in response to a popular uprising, saying it must come to an immediate...