Syrian forces have killed dozens of protesters despite assurances by President Bashar al-Assad to Ban Ki-moon that a crackdown was over.
The leaders of Britain, France and Germany issued a statement saying al-Assad should "leave power in the greater interests of Syria".
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that military operations against pro-democracy protesters had stopped.
Syrian tanks fired on low-income Sunni Muslim districts in the city of Latakia on Tuesday, the fourth day of an assault which has killed 36 people.
Palestinian refugees have fled a camp in the besieged Syrian city of Latakia after President Bashar al-Assad’s forces shelled the city.
Syrian tanks and navy ships shelled the main Mediterranean port city of Latakia on Sunday, residents and rights groups said, killing at least 26.
Syrian tanks and navy ships have shelled Latakia, rights groups say, killing 24 people as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces try to quell protests.
The Syrian navy shelled two densely populated residential districts of the main Mediterranean port city of Latakia on Sunday.
President Barack Obama joined key British and Saudi allies in demanding that the Syrian regime "immediately" halt its brutal crackdown.
Armoured vehicles entered the port city of Latakia and a village near Lebanon on Saturday, activists said, causing residents to flee.
Tens of thousands of Syrian protesters have shouted for President Bashar al-Assad’s death in a dramatic escalation of their rage and frustration.
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has admitted that "some mistakes" have been made by security forces during the crackdown on dissent in his country.
Though all the undemocratic regimes of the Arab world are unremittingly cruel, Bashar al-Assad’s must stand out as the most inventively macabre.
Turkey demanded on Tuesday that Syria’s leaders stop the killing of civilians and said it would watch events there in the coming days.
India, Brazil and South Africa (Ibsa) are launching a mission to Syria, in a bid to halt a deadly crackdown on anti-regime protests there.
Multiparty elections could take place before the end of 2011, Syria’s vice-foreign minister said after meeting his South African counterpart.
As violence intensified in Syria, an army defector said that troops had been ordered to commit genocide and were told not to spare women and children.
<b>Nour Ali</b> reports on an uprising that led to perhaps the biggest act of violence in modern Middle Eastern history.
A Syrian opposition leader has announced the movement would hold its first congress in the Tunisian capital in September, after Ramadan.
Syria’s embattled president has issued a decree allowing opposition parties, after the UN Security Council condemned his crackdown on protesters.
In its first substantive action on Syria’s five-month-old uprising, the UN Security Council on Wednesday condemned Damascus’ crackdown on civilians.
Syrian forces kept up attacks on Hama for a third day, residents said, while US senators called on the Obama administration to impose new sanctions.
A two-day assault by Syrian government forces on anti-government protesters in the city of Hama was widely condemned in the West.
Europe and the US have embarked on a new bid to convince UN Security Council members, including SA, to condemn al-Assad’s deadly crackdown in Syria.
Syrians began Ramadan in sombre mood on Monday after troops stormed into Hama in one of the bloodiest days of the five-month-old uprising.
Over 136 people have been killed during a crackdown on protesters in Syria, sparking outrage from demonstrators.
Syrian army tanks stormed the city of Hama at dawn on Sunday, killing at least 24 civilians, residents said, after besieging it for nearly a month.
Syrian forces shot dead at least 11 people during mass protests on Friday against President Bashar al-Assad, rights activists and witnesses said.
President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had "lost legitimacy" for failing to lead a democratic transition.
Syrian activists spent last week trying in vain to persuade the South African government to condemn the Syria’s military crackdown on protesters.
At least 450 000 Syrians have rallied against the state in Hama, in demonstrations the Assad regime said were incited by the US ambassador.
Security forces shot dead at least 15 people on Friday after thousands took to the streets demanding the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad.