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/ 24 February 2009
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged Syria to abolish its repressive security court, a ”kangaroo court” whose verdicts cannot be appealed.
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/ 18 November 2008
Claims that traces of uranium were found at the site of an alleged Syrian nuclear reactor which was bombed by Israel last year have prompted a row.
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/ 29 October 2008
The United States may close its embassy in Damascus to the public due to fears of violence, a US spokesperson said on Wednesday.
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/ 27 October 2008
Syria protested vehemently on Monday over what it said was a US attack on a border village that left eight civilians dead.
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/ 22 October 2008
Tensions have risen in recent weeks after thousands of Syrian troops were deployed close to the Lebanese border.
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/ 28 September 2008
Counter-terrorist officers in Syria on Sunday hunted for those behind a car bomb attack that killed 17 people in Damascus.
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/ 27 September 2008
A car bomb exploded in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Saturday, killing 17 civilians and wounding 14, Syrian state television reported.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday he would use this week’s visit to Russia to expand military ties with Moscow.
The mysterious assassination of a top Syrian army officer and right-hand man to President Bashar al-Assad has triggered intense speculation.
Hamas’s exiled political chief, Khaled Meshaal, said his Palestinian Islamist movement was ready for dialogue with its rivals in Fatah during a meeting on Monday with Syria’s foreign minister.
United Nations inspectors set to examine a Syrian site for signs of a secret nuclear reactor project may find little in part because of tardy intelligence-sharing by Washington.