Thirty two children killed in Syria as regime unleashes 18-hour attack on town.
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.
Clashes between regime forces and rebels in Syria has killed 23 Syrian soldiers and wounded dozens as the EU slaps fresh sanctions on the regime.
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.
Tens of thousands have protested across Syria as a suicide bombing rocked the capital, killing 11 people fuelling scepticism over a UN peace plan.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Rebels are fighting security forces in Damascus in the most violent gun battles the Syrian capital has seen since the start of the year-long uprising.
State television in Syria has reported gruesome images from twin bomb attacks on security buildings in the countries capital.
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.
Syrians have sought refuge in Lebanon after troops continued bombardments in Baba Amr, the opposition’s stronghold.
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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.
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.
Syrian forces have bombarded districts of Homs and struck other cities after Arab states pledged support for the opposition battling Bashar al-Assad.
To add to Syria’s internal problems, it’s embroiled in the west’s fight with Iran.
Explosions have rocked Aleppo in Syria as tanks entered Homs, ahead of planned protests to denounce Russia’s steadfast backing of the regime.
The Arab League has met for talks to extend its observer mission to Syria, with Riyadh ‘pulling its observers’ as Damascus has not kept its promises.
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/ 18 January 2012
Fighting has subsided in a rebel-held Syrian town after a fragile ceasefire took hold between President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and insurgents.
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/ 24 December 2011
Arab League monitors are to meet Syria’s top diplomat on Saturday, a day after suicide bombers killed 44 people in attacks Damascus blamed on Al-Qaeda
Activists have called for a general strike to increase pressure on Syria’s president’s regime as fears grow of an ‘invasion’ of protest hub, Homs.
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/ 30 November 2011
Activist <b>Ahmad Qadi</b> has written an open letter to President Jacob Zuma, requesting him to assist Syria in their fight for freedom.
Thousands of Syrians have protested against the Arab League’s move to sanction President Bashar al-Assad’s regime over its repression of dissent.
President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to fight and die as a deadline from the Arab League to stop Syria’s lethal crackdown on protesters expires.
Syria has called for an emergency summit of Arab League heads of state in an apparent attempt to thwart its decision to suspend Damascus.
Over 50 people have been killed in Syria ahead of Friday prayers as a seven-month crackdown on pro-democracy protests becomes more violent.