The authorities in Syria on Monday set a deadline of 15 days for people who had committed "unlawful acts" to give themselves up.
Now that Bashar al-Assad is crushing opposition with terrible brutality, no one in the West knows how to deal with him.
The United States slapped sanctions on Syria’s intelligence agency and two relatives of President Bashar al-Assad on Friday.
Activists called for "day of rage" protests across Syria after the Friday weekly Muslim prayers, piling pressure on President Bashar al-Assad.
Oil prices fell to near $112 a barrel on Friday in Asia as slowing US economic growth blunted crude’s 33% gain over the past two months.
European Union states are discussing imposing sanctions on Syria if the regime continues its violent suppression of pro-democracy protests.
Syria defiantly has vowed to restore "security and stability" across the country despite growing censure for its violent crushing of dissent.
The deeply divided UN Security Council failed to agree on a European and US-backed statement condemning Syrian violence against peaceful protesters.
Syrian opposition figures on Wednesday warned embattled President Bashar al-Assad his regime will collapse if he fails to usher in democracy.
The Syrian government’s brutal crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations has escalated, with tanks rolling on to the streets for the first time.
Thousands of troops backed by tanks stormed Dara’a, killing at least 25, as rights activists slammed Damascus for using the army to crush dissent.
Syrian troops in tanks and armoured vehicles poured into the southern town Deraa and opened fire on Monday.
Syrian forces killed at least 12 people on Saturday when they fired on mourners calling for the end of President Bashar al-Assad’s rule.
Syrian security forces killed almost 90 protesters on Friday, activists said, the bloodiest day in a month of escalating pro-democracy demonstrations.
At least 38 protesters were killed by security forces across Syria on Friday, in one of the bloodiest days since pro-democracy demos began in March.
The Syrian authorities’ arrest of a opposition figure suggests that a Bill passed to end emergency rule after 48 years will not halt repression.
Thousands demanded the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday at the funeral of eight protesters killed in the central city of Homs.
Protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad swept into the Damascus for the first time since a wave of unrest began to put pressure on his rule.
Protests erupted across much of the Arab world on the Muslim day of prayer, with demonstrators killed in Syria and Yemen.
President Bashar al-Assad dashed hopes of an end to decades of emergency rule on Wednesday in his first speech since protests erupted in Syria.
Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Naji Otri on Tuesday tendered his government’s resignation and was promptly reappointed caretaker premier.
President Bashar al-Assad, facing the gravest crisis in his 11-year rule, has deployed the army in Syria’s main port of Latakia for the first time.
Syria faces its most serious unrest in the 11-year rule of President Basharal-Assad as protests continue across the south.
Syrian forces killed at least six people on Wednesday in an attack on a mosque in the southern city of Deraa.
Thousands of mourners called on Saturday for "revolution" at the funeral of protesters killed by Syrian security forces.
Four Syria protesters were killed by security forces on Friday in the city of Daraa, south of the capital Damascus and hundreds wounded.
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/ 24 November 2010
The path to Middle East peace, already strewn with an array of daunting obstacles, has now got one more hurdle to overcome.
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/ 2 November 2010
The United Nations nuclear watchdog signalled on Monday it wanted to use its "special inspection" powers more often.
Syria has forbidden the country’s students and teachers from wearing the niqab — the full Islamic veil — taking aim at a garment seen as political.
Fancy a scrub? If you want the real deal, try a muscular, tattooed masseur in Aleppo, writes <b>Kevin Rushby</b>.
<i>Simon Tisdall</i>: Allegations that Syria sold missiles to Hezbollah may not pose a direct security threat but will revive tensions with Israel.
The United States on Monday promised strong diplomacy with Iran, Syria and North Korea to help the United Nations nuclear watchdog.