State television in Syria has reported gruesome images from twin bomb attacks on security buildings in the countries capital.
A cache of emails to and from Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad reveals that he took advice from Iran on how to handle the uprising against his rule.
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad — whose forces are in the midst of a bloody crackdown on dissidents — has called parliamentary elections for May.
Rights activists have reported the death of several Syrian soldiers after being ambushed by Syrian army defectors.
Former UN chief Kofi Annan held blunt talks with Syria’s Bashar al-Assad this weekend but appeared to be making little headway.
Despite an often fawning portrayal in the Western media, they were the Lady Macbeths.
As the UN’s representative to Syria, Kofi Annan has urged Bashar al-Assad and his foes to seek a political solution, drawing anger from dissidents.
Ahead of Kofi Annan’s visit to Syria for the UN and Arab League, President Bashar al-Assad’s troops have spread across Dera’a after overnight clashes.
Syria’s Al-Assad is arguably a war criminal, the US’s Hillary Clinton admitted, as the UN said his forces had killed more than 7 500 civilians.
Syrian forces shelled an opposition stronghold in Hama, killing 20 people, as two injured foreign journalists trapped in the city escaped to Lebanon.
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/ 26 February 2012
American war correspondent Marie Colvin was killed while trying to retrieve her shoes so she could flee an army bombardment in Homs, Syria.
Over 30 Syrian civilians have been killed in fighting as a new constitution is set to see Bashar al-Assad rule until 2028.
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/ 25 February 2012
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has pledged that Washington would help Tunisia rebuild its economy and democracy as it struggles with reforms.
The Responsibility to Protect doctrine is in danger of being deemed useless as thousands of Syrian civilians continue to die at the state’s hands.
The deaths in Syria of journalists Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik and scores more civilians, have prompted renewed calls for an end to the Assad regime.
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/ 22 February 2012
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has planned a trip to North Africa that will include a major conference in Tunisia on Syria’s future.
The US appears open to arming Syria’s opposition, saying that if a political solution to the crisis was impossible, other options would be considered.
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/ 19 February 2012
Syrian security forces have fired on a huge protest against President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, opposition activists said.
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/ 17 February 2012
Syrian troops have shelled rebel-held neighbourhoods in Homs, a day after the UN General Assembly condemned human rights violations by the regime.
How peace-loving Syrians finally took up arms against the regime and fought back.
Syrian troops have attacked rebel strongholds in Dera’a where the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad erupted nearly a year ago.
Syria’s president, who is fighting an Arab Spring-inspired revolt, has called for a referendum that may end nearly 50 years of single-party rule.
Syria will hold a referendum on a draft Constitution on February 26 that limits the presidency to two seven-year terms and allows multiple parties.
Syrian government forces have attacked President Bashar al-Assad opponents on several fronts, sending residents fleeing from a town near the capital.
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/ 14 February 2012
A Chinese envoy has met the head of the Arab league as the country tries to repair relations damaged by its veto of a UN resolution on Syria.
Syrian forces have bombarded districts of Homs and struck other cities after Arab states pledged support for the opposition battling Bashar al-Assad.
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/ 13 February 2012
Al-Qaeda has voiced its support for Syria’s revolt, posing new problems for the West and Arab nations, who have called for its president to step down.
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/ 12 February 2012
The 2003 invasion has tainted the idea of liberal interventionism. But the people of Homs should not suffer because of that.
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/ 12 February 2012
Syrian forces are bombarding Homs in their drive to crush a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, ahead of a meeting of Arab foreign ministers.
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/ 11 February 2012
The Arab League is likely to launch a "Friends of Syria" coalition and appoint a special envoy to the strife-torn country.
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/ 10 February 2012
State media reported twin car bombs targeting Syrian security posts have killed at least 28 people, which rebels say is a diversion tactic.
To add to Syria’s internal problems, it’s embroiled in the west’s fight with Iran.