- 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.
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- 19 Apr 2012 19:27 - Louis Charbonneau
- Kofi Annan's deputy has told the Security Council that the swift deployment of observers to Syria is needed despite risks and persistent violence.
- 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.
- 12 Apr 2012 07:05 - Staff Reporter
- Strife-torn Syria has remained calm in the first few hours after a ceasefire brokered by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan came into force this morning.
- 11 Apr 2012 19:19 - Stephanie Nebehay
- Syria has promised Kofi Annan it will stop all fighting by the dawn deadline, but has a right to respond to attacks by "armed terrorist groups".
- 11 Apr 2012 10:27 - Staff Reporter
- UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan has urged an end to violence in Syria, amid claims 1 000 people have been killed in the past week.
- 10 Apr 2012 11:20 - Staff Reporter
- As Syria emarks on a new peace plan, news has emerged that its forces summarily executed over 100 civilians and rebel fighters in the past few months.
- 10 Apr 2012 09:17 - Staff Reporter
- Syrian forces have fired into Turkey, hitting a refugee camp amid mounting international concern hours before a UN deadline to end the crisis.
- 09 Apr 2012 20:01 - Staff Reporter
- Continued military bombardments in central Syria is dashing the prospects of a UN-brokered ceasefire taking hold.
- 08 Apr 2012 07:44 - Karin Laub
- The US has warned Syria it won't be able to deceive the world about compliance with a cease-fire that is just days away, as the violence continues.
- 07 Apr 2012 12:10 - Staff Reporter
- Syrian armed forces killed at least 31 people on Saturday, mostly civilians and all but four of them in an assault on the town of Latamna.
- 06 Apr 2012 08:03 - Staff Reporter
- Saudi Arabia and Qatar are being urged not to supply weapons to Syrian rebels for fear of hampering efforts to negotiate an end to the crisis.
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- 05 Apr 2012 16:11 - Erika Solomon
- Syria has told Arab League envoy Kofi Annan that it has begun pulling troops in line with a peace plan accepted by President Bashar al-Assad.
- 04 Apr 2012 19:28 - Dominic Evans
- Syrian activists have accused forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad of bombarding rebel areas as a UN mission is expected to arrive in Damascus.
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- 03 Apr 2012 17:59 - Staff Reporter
- Activists accuse Syrian troops of shelling two cities in an effort to weaken forces fighting Bashar al-Assad's government before a ceasefire deadline.
