The Russian ambassador to France says he believes Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad will leave power – but only in an orderly fashion.
Russia and China have vetoed a Western-backed UN Security Council resolution that threatened Syrian authorities with sanctions.
The assassination of the regime’s top military strategists has led to mass defections from the Syrian army, writes Martin Chulov.
A suicide bomber has struck at the heart of Syria’s security apparatus, killing the defence minister and President Bashar al-Assad’s brother-in-law.
Syrian Defence Minister General Daoud Rajha has been killed in a suicide attack in Damascus as battles up the stakes ahead of a UN vote on Syria.
The Syrian opposition has vowed to confront Bashar al-Assad directly if the UN fails to vote in favour of imposing sanctions upon his regime.
As Damascus sees its heaviest fighting since Syria’s conflict began, reports suggest Al-Assad’s regime is not alone in committing human rights abuses.
The United States and its international partners have called for global sanctions against Syria’s Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
Bashar al-Assad says Syrian air defence forces shot down a Turkish fighter last week because they believed it was an Israeli aircraft.
A presenter from the Syrian regime’s main television channel has defected to the opposition and revealed he has been providing intelligence to rebels.
There is no place for President Bashar al-Assad in any future Syrian government, diplomats say, as Russia and China agree to transition plan.
President Bashar al-Assad says Syria is in a state of war, ordering his Cabinet to crush the revolt even as fierce fighting continues near Damascus.
Alawites form only 12% of the population, but have a stranglehold on power and will fight to the end for the regime.
UN decides to end its mission to Syria, as regime troops continue to kill people across the country including "rebels", civilians, woman and children.
Iran never misses a chance to parade internationally and has been buoyed by suggestions that it may join global powers reviving Syrian peace efforts.
Syrian forces have continued shelling Al-Haffe, sparking fears of an impending massacre, while the UN demands that its observers be granted access.
Syrian violence killed at least 12 people on Sunday, bringing the death toll of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad to more than 14 100.
Rebels fought Syrian forces in the heaviest fighting in Damascus since the 15-month-old uprising began.
UN envoy Ban Ki-moon says the Syrian regime has "lost its fundamental humanity" and no longer has any legitimacy after the massacre of 90 villagers.
Kofi Annan has warned that an all-out war looms in Syria, holding President Bashar al-Assad as the first responsible to act to end the conflict.
Syrian forces summarily executed 12 civilians on their way home from work in a fertiliser factory in Qusayr, activists say.
The South African government has come under fire for its apparent failure to act against Syria for alleged human rights violations.
UN observers say 13 bodies have been discovered bound and shot in eastern Syria, days after a massacre of 108 civilians ignited a world outcry.
Kofi Annan has told President Bashar al-Assad that a halt to violence will be required for his six-point peace plan to succeed.
Fewer than 20 of the 108 people killed in Syria’s Houla massacre died from artillery and tank fire, with most others shot in their homes, the UN says.
China has condemned the "cruel killings" of civilians in the Syrian town of Houla, while Kofi Annan’s efforts remain the most viable solution.
The leader of Shi’ite group Hezbollah has appealed for calm after people blocked roads in Beirut to protest the kidnapping of 11 Lebanese Shi’ites.
UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan says his peace plan could be the last bid to avoid war in Syria, where a truce has failed to end months of bloodshed.
Syrians have voted in elections touted by authorities as a political milestone but dismissed by opposition as a facade as people are killed daily.
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.
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.
Nine people are dead and 100 wounded in bomb blasts near Syrian security service buildings as a bombing battle intensifies against government targets.