The Syrian government kept up its onslaught on Homs and other towns, with at least 100 killed according to human rights campaigners.
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/ 23 February 2012
European governments have planned a radical offer of "debt relief" to its Arab North African and Middle Eastern neighbours.
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
Witnesses say two Western journalists have been killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs when shells hit the house they were staying in.
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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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/ 18 February 2012
Journalists and senior politicians have been reacting to the death of "one of the world’s bravest and best journalists".
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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.
Widely acknowledged as the greatest living Arab poet, the Syrian-born Adonis is a fiercely independent thinker.
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.
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/ 15 February 2012
No casualties from Syria’s offensive on the city of Hama have been made available as communication was cut off in the residential neighbourhood.
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/ 14 February 2012
China concedes that it needs to work together with the EU to solve Europe’s debt crisis.
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.
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/ 13 February 2012
British Foreign Secretary William Hague has called ongoing violence in Syria "appalling", while stressing the importance of the Arab League’s role.
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.
Explosions have rocked Aleppo in Syria as tanks entered Homs, ahead of planned protests to denounce Russia’s steadfast backing of the regime.
Syrian troops have sealed off the population of a rebel stronghold in the city of Homs and bombarded it using tanks, helicopters and artillery.
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/ 9 February 2012
The death toll in Syria has continued to climb as activists claimed dozens of civilians in Homs have been killed, while the West have been powerless.
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/ 9 February 2012
Armoured reinforcements poured into Homs as President Bashar al-Assad’s army attacked the city for a fourth day, worsening the humanitarian situation.
Syrian troops have pressed a relentless assault on the flashpoint Syrian city of Homs for a fifth straight day, killing dozens more civilians.
Russia has stepped into efforts to resolve the deepening Syrian crisis, calling for an "Arab solution" to the anger against Bashar al-Assad’s regime.