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Syria gunships target rebels amid massacre fears

Article Staff Reporter - 28 Jul 2012

Syrian gunships pound rebels and troops clash with insurgents in Aleppo as world powers voice calls for "maximum pressure" to prevent a massacre.

Assad: Syria ‘in a state of war’

Article bogdan TagDiv - 27 Jun 2012

President Bashar al-Assad says Syria is in a state of war, ordering his Cabinet to crush the revolt even as fierce fighting continues near Damascus.

Syrian deaths bring fresh EU sanctions

Article Staff Reporter - 14 May 2012

Clashes between regime forces and rebels in Syria has killed 23 Syrian soldiers and wounded dozens as the EU slaps fresh sanctions on the regime.

Annan warns of last chance for Syria

Article bogdan TagDiv - 9 May 2012

UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan says his peace plan could be the last bid to avoid war in Syria, where a truce has failed to end months of bloodshed.

Outrage as students killed in anti-regime protests in Syria

Article Staff Reporter - 3 May 2012

Syrian troops have killed four students and arrested some 200 after storming an anti-regime protest at Aleppo University, in the north of the country.

Syria witnesses deadliest day of ceasefire

Article Staff Reporter - 2 May 2012

Rebels have killed more than 20 troops in the Syrian army's deadliest day of a ceasefire deal even as UN observers say they have a "calming" impact.

UN truce fails to hold Syria to account

Article bogdan TagDiv - 1 May 2012

Violence has erupted in two Syrian provinces with reports of 10 civilians dead in an army mortar attack and 12 soldiers killed in clashes with rebels.

Syrian violence continues unabated

Article Erika Solomon - 5 Apr 2012

Syria has told Arab League envoy Kofi Annan that it has begun pulling troops in line with a peace plan accepted by President Bashar al-Assad.

Syrian cities bombarded as truce deadline nears

Article Oliver Holmes - 3 Apr 2012

Activists accuse Syrian troops of shelling two cities in an effort to weaken forces fighting Bashar al-Assad's government before a ceasefire deadline.

South Africa calls for speedy resolution in Syria

Article Staff Reporter - 22 Mar 2012

South Africa has condemned the escalating violence in Syria and has urged all parties involved to seek a peaceful solution to the ongoing conflict.

Syria experiences worst violence in a year

Article bogdan TagDiv - 19 Mar 2012

Rebels are fighting security forces in Damascus in the most violent gun battles the Syrian capital has seen since the start of the year-long uprising.

Syria struck by deadly blasts ahead of UN mission

Article Staff Reporter - 18 Mar 2012

Syria has been hit by the weekend's third car bomb as UN teams ready for a government-led humanitarian mission and to work on an observer operation.

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