Western countries have been seeking a new strategy to end the violence in Syria, while President Bashar al-Assad’s forces continue to bomb districts.
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/ 6 February 2012
The government says SA voted in favour of the vetoed UN resolution on Syria at the weekend, as it did not seek to impose regime change on the country.
Hillary Clinton has called for "friends of democratic Syria" to unite against Bashar al-Assad after China and Russia’s veto of a tougher UN response.
Russia’s foreign minister says it vetoed the UN resolution on Syria due to Western powers’ failure to make additional effort for consensus.
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/ 5 February 2012
Russia and China have blocked a UN Security Council resolution condemning Syria, hours after the country’s forces bombed Homs, killing hundreds.
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/ 4 February 2012
Despite Russia’s rejection of a revised draft resolution on Syria, the UN Security Council is set to possibly act on the text.
Russia says it will veto a draft UN resolution calling on Syria’s president to step down unless a clause ruling out military intervention was added.
Russia looks likely to oppose a joint West-Arab call at the UN Security Council for Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad to step down.
A day after the Arab League abandoned its peace mission in Syria, activists say troops have seized suburbs of Damascus from rebel hands.
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/ 28 January 2012
Syrian death toll spikes as Russia opposes a new Arab and European bid to secure tough United Nations resolution.
As the monitors head out of Syria, the Arab League has called on the United Nations to support a plan to end President Bashar al-Assad’s rule.
Syria has rejected the Arab League’s plan to end the country’s conflict, saying the call for a unity government is a violation of Syria’s sovereignty.
Syria has rejected a call by Arab League foreign ministers for President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power and set up a new unity government.
Just 30 kilometres from Damascus a village holds onto a fragile liberty, writes <b>Ian Black</b>.
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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.
Syria says it might allow Arab monitors to stay for another month on its peacekeeping mission, but those against Bashar al-Assad want UN intervention.
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/ 15 January 2012
President Bashar al-Assad has issued a general amnesty for crimes committed during the unrest in Syria in the past 10 months.
Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi admits that reports of violence in Syria are "worrisome" as disaffection among observers escalates.
The head of the Arab League mission to Syria says the criticism from one of its monitors — who said the mission was a farce — is untrue
Bashar al-Assad has vowed to foil a "conspiracy" against Syria, while Hillary Clinton has labelled a speech he made this week "chillingly cynical".
An Arab League observer has left Syria, saying it has turned the monitoring mission sent to check its compliance with a peace plan into a "farce".
Syria President Bashar al-Assad’s fourth speech since a violent uprising began combines defiance with talks of reforms and praise for security forces.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has blamed "foreign planning" for a 10-month-old uprising in which thousands of people have been killed.
Arab foreign ministers are reviewing the record of a criticised observer mission to Syria, amid calls for the bloc to cede to the United Nations.
Damascus has been hit by a suicide bomb, killing 25 and wounding dozens, with state media blaming ‘terrorists’ for the second such attack.
Frustrated with the Arab League’s lack of progress, the head of the Free Syrian Army has threatened to step up attacks on Bashar al-Assad’s forces.
France is worried about Arab League peace monitors working in Syria, saying it is crucial Syrian authorities be prevented from hoodwinking them.
An Arab League advisory body called on Sunday for the immediate withdrawal of the organisation’s monitoring mission in Syria.
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/ 31 December 2011
Syrian security forces have killed more protesters as hundreds of thousands demonstrated against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
Internet activists are urging regime opponents, emboldened by the presence of observers, to take to Syria’s streets despite unrelenting bloodshed.
Doubts have been raised after a Sudanese general said the situation in Homs is ‘reassuring’ despite footage of monitors witnessing casualties.
Arab peace monitors will visit the Syrian city of Homs, which opponents of President Bashar al-Assad say has been pulverised by government troops.