- 03 Aug 2012 02:00 - Luke Harding
- Former civilians have been quickly picking up the tactics that will make them a formidable military force. Luke Harding reports.
- 03 May 2012 14:20 - Staff Reporter
- Syrian troops have killed four students and arrested some 200 after storming an anti-regime protest at Aleppo University, in the north of the country.
- 02 May 2012 18:09 - Staff Reporter
- Rebels have killed more than 20 troops in the Syrian army's deadliest day of a ceasefire deal even as UN observers say they have a "calming" impact.
- 01 May 2012 19:35 - Staff Reporter
- US President Barack Obama has given the nod to tighten sanctions against Syria and Iran by going after foreign firms violating existing measures.
- 01 May 2012 15:41 - Ed Cropley
- Violence has erupted in two Syrian provinces with reports of 10 civilians dead in an army mortar attack and 12 soldiers killed in clashes with rebels.
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- 30 Apr 2012 15:19 - Oliver Holmes
- Nine people are dead and 100 wounded in bomb blasts near Syrian security service buildings as a bombing battle intensifies against government targets.
- 27 Apr 2012 18:59 - Staff Reporter
- Tens of thousands have protested across Syria as a suicide bombing rocked the capital, killing 11 people fuelling scepticism over a UN peace plan.
- 26 Apr 2012 00:00 - Sharda Naidoo
- Cellphone giant MTN has sought advice in the wake of sanctions by the United States against companies that aid human rights abuses.
- 25 Apr 2012 10:07 - Bassem Mroue
- Syrian President Bashar Assad's opponents appear to be resorting to assassinations of loyalist military officers in an escalation of their campaign.
- 24 Apr 2012 14:29 - Staff Reporter
- UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has urged Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's regime to protect the 300 ceasefire monitors due in Syria next week.
- 20 Apr 2012 18:25 - Stephanie Nebehay
- The UN hopes to get permission from the Syrian government to send more aid workers to help at least 1-million people in need of urgent assistance.
- 19 Apr 2012 13:40 - Staff Reporter
- International monitors say conflicts, including the uprisings in the Arab world, last year forced 3.5-million people to flee within their country.
- 18 Apr 2012 17:57 - Dominic Evans
- Syria has challenged the UN chief over the scope of a UN truce monitoring mission, resisting a larger presence as its army shelled targets in Homs.
- 16 Apr 2012 11:01 - Staff Reporter
- A team of United Nations monitors have begun work in Syria, seeking to ensure both state forces and the opposition repect the terms of their truce.
- 13 Apr 2012 08:45 - Staff Reporter
- Efforts to build on a Syrian ceasefire are accelerating with plans to deploy UN observers being drawn up to keep up pressure on Bashar al-Assad.
