Tag: Syrian
Syria PM defects, accuses Assad regime of ‘genocide’
Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab announced he was joining the rebels on Monday after slipping across the border into Jordan during the night in...
Three US senators call for aid to Syrian rebels
Three prominent US senators called late Sunday for direct US military aid to Syrian rebels, including use of US air power to protect rebel-controlled...
Syrian crisis: Fresh fighting hits Damascus and Aleppo
Fresh fighting has been fought around Syria's capital, Damascus, and in the northern city of Aleppo, where rebels are trying to secure their positions.
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Shelling of Syria refugee camp kills 15 civilians: NGO
Shelling of the Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital killed at least 15 civilians, including two children, the Syrian Observatory for Human...
Syria rebels brace for ‘mother of all battles’
Syrian rebel forces were bracing Friday for the “mother of all battles” in Aleppo, as the former UN observer mission chief said President Bashar...
Battles rage as Syrian troops, rebels fight for Aleppo
Fighting in Aleppo raged through the night and into Thursday, a monitoring group said, after the army and rebels rushed in reinforcements for what...
Syrian forces launch all-out Damascus assault
Syrian forces launched an all-out assault on opposition strongholds in Damascus Friday, hours after rebels seized crossings on the Iraq and Turkey borders on...
US hits top Syrian ministers with sanctions
With President Bashar al-Assad’s regime reeling from a bomb attack that killed three top commanders, the United States turned the screw government further Wednesday...
Pressure on Assad as envoy defects, West eyes sanctions
Pressure mounted on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday after a senior diplomat defected and Western powers drew up a 10-day sanctions ultimatum.
Syria’s ambassador...
Syrian rebels fail to sway defiant Russia
Syria’s main exiled opposition group on Wednesday failed to convince Russia to drop its support for President Bashar al-Assad as Moscow defiantly clung to...
Syrian army shells Aleppo province as conflict hits Lebanon
Syrian forces bombarded towns in the northern province of Aleppo on Saturday, as the conflict spilled into neighbouring Lebanon, where two girls were killed...
China joins Russia in staying away from Syria talks
China joined Russia on Thursday in boycotting a meeting aimed at coordinating efforts to stop the killing in Syria, where three senior army officers...
Annan warns ‘history will judge’ failure on Syrian conflict
International envoy Kofi Annan warned divided world powers Saturday that history “will judge us all harshly” if no deal was struck to end the...
Syrian forces pound Damascus suburb
Regime forces pounded the Damascus suburb of Douma and the central city of Homs on Friday, after one of the bloodiest days of the...
Syrian regime tightens grip as UN halts operations
Syrian troops on Sunday tightened their grip on the flashpoint city of Homs as the opposition demanded the deployment of armed peacekeepers after UN...
UN mission chief appeals to both sides in Syria
The UN observer force on Friday accused both sides in the Syrian conflict of hampering its peace mission and admitted its limitations in the...
Syrian air hostesses clash causes flight delay
A fight between two Syrian airhostesses over the political crises in their country became so passionate that it caused the delay of their Saudi...
