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  • 06/01/2013 | World

    Assad 'peace plan' greeted with scorn by enemies

    A defiant President Bashar al-Assad presented what he described as a new initiative to end the war in Syria but his opponents dismissed it as a ploy to cling to power.

  • 14/01/2013 | World

    Air strike near Damascus kills 20: opposition activists

    An air strike on a rebel-held town southwest of the Syrian capital Damascus killed 20 people, resident opposition activists said.

  • 05/12/2012 | World

    Clinton says 'desperate' Assad could use chemical weapons

    Washington fears a "desperate" Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could use chemical weapons as rebels bear down on Damascus, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today, repeating a vow to take swift action if he does.

  • 13/12/2012 | World

    Syria denies using Scud missiles

    Syria denied today that it had used Scud missiles in its fight against "terrorist groups," a Foreign Ministry statement posted on state news agency SANA said.

  • 03/01/2013 | World

    Syria rebels in push to capture air base

    Rebels battled today to seize an air base in northern Syria, part of a campaign to fight back against the air power that has given President Bashar al-Assad's forces free rein to bomb rebel-held towns

  • 07/11/2012 | World

    Syrian rebels fire at, miss Assad's palace

    Syrian rebels fired mortars at President Bashar al-Assad's palace in Damascus today but missed, in an attack underlining the growing boldness of forces fighting to end his family's 42 years in power.

  • 08/11/2012 | World

    Syrian rebels hit official forces; I'd live and die in Syria,' Assad warns

    Syrian rebels attacked army roadblocks in Midan district in the heart of Damascus today to relieve pressure on outlying rebel strongholds being pounded by air strikes and artillery, opposition activists said.

  • 03/12/2012 | World

    Syria denies plans to use chemical weapons

    Syria would not use chemical weapons, if it had them, against its own people, the foreign ministry said in a statement on state television today.

  • 21/10/2012 | World

    Assad tells Syria envoy arms flows to rebels must stop

    A car bomb killed 13 people in central Damascus as President Bashar al-Assad told an international mediator seeking a truce in Syria's civil war that the key to any political solution was to stop arming rebels.

  • 25/10/2012 | World

    Fighting near Damascus ahead of truce deadline

    President Bashar al-Assad's forces fired heavy tank and rocket barrages at a Damascus suburb today, killing five people, opposition activists said, a day before a UN-brokered ceasefire is due to come into force.

  • 05/11/2012 | World

    Air strike kills 20 rebels in Syria

    At least 20 Syrian rebel fighters were killed in an air strike in the northwest province of Idlib, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

  • 04/09/2012 | World

    Red Cross chief holds aid talks with Syria's Assad

    The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus today during a mission to push for better access for aid workers, an ICRC spokesman said.

  • 08/09/2012 | World

    EU may impose new Syria sanctions as Assad clings to power

    The European Union may impose new sanctions on the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad as soon as next month, EU diplomats said.

  • 14/10/2012 | World

    Assad forces accused of using cluster bombs as rebels gain

    Syrian government forces have dropped Russian-made cluster bombs over civilian areas in the past week as they battle to reverse rebel gains on a strategic highway, Human Rights Watch said.

  • 26/08/2012 | World

    Assad's forces accused of massacre near Syrian capital

    Syrian opposition activists accused President Bashar al-Assad's army of massacring scores of people in a town close to the capital that it recently recaptured from rebels.

  • 28/08/2012 | World

    Warplane attacks on Damascus suburbs kill 60, activists say

    Syrian fighter planes made rare sorties on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, killing at least 60 people in its eastern suburbs, the same day a Syrian military helicopter crashed while under rebel fire, activists said.

  • 01/09/2012 | World

    Syrian rebels hit back at Assad's air power

    Rebels seized an air defence facility and attacked a military airport in eastern Syria, a monitoring group said, hitting back at an air force on which President Bashar al-Assad is increasingly relying to crush his opponents.

  • 19/08/2012 | World

    Syria: Assad makes rare appearance for prayers

    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad performed Eid prayers in a Damascus mosque today, state television showed, his first appearance in public since a stunning July bombing in the capital that killed four of his top security officials.

  • 20/08/2012 | World

    UN monitors pull out of Syria

    United Nations military observers left Damascus after a four-month mission in which they became helpless spectators of Syria's spiraling conflict, instead of monitoring a ceasefire between President Bashar al-Assad's forces and rebels.

  • 23/08/2012 | World

    Military hits town near Damascus, 60 killed in Syria

    Troops and tanks swept into a restive town near Damascus today in an assault aimed at crushing opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, whose struggle for survival has dragged Syria into an increasingly bloody war.

  • 07/08/2012 | World

    Syrian forces encircle rebels in Aleppo stronghold

    Syrian rebels trying to fight off an army offensive in Aleppo said today they were running low on ammunition as President Bashar al-Assad's forces encircled their stronghold at the southern entrance to the country's biggest city.

  • 14/08/2012 | World

    Syria's Assad suffers rebuff from pan-Islamic body

    President Bashar al-Assad faced another diplomatic blow with the suspension of Syria from the Saudi-based Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, a step opposed by his Shi'ite Muslim ally Iran.

  • 15/08/2012 | World

    Syria: bomb strikes Damascus near UN and army sites

    A bomb exploded in central Damascus today near several military buildings and a hotel housing UN observers, wounding three people and sending a pillar of black smoke into the sky above the Syrian capital.

  • 20/07/2012 | World

    Syria: intelligence chief dies, refugees flood borders

    A fourth member of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's inner circle died today from a bomb attack this week and his forces fought to recapture border posts and parts of Damascus from rebels who have converged on the capital.

  • 05/08/2012 | World

    Assad's forces pound rebel stronghold in Aleppo

    Syrian army tanks shelled Aleppo and a helicopter gunship strafed rebel positions with heavy machinegun fire as they fought for control of the country's biggest city and key battleground of the 17-month uprising.

  • 06/08/2012 | World

    Syria premier defects to anti-Assad opposition, says spokesman

    Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab has defected to the opposition seeking to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, a spokesman for Hijab said today, marking one of the most high profile desertions from the Damascus government.

  • 26/06/2012 | World

    Assad says Syria at war as battle reaches capital

    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared on Tuesday that his country was at war and ordered his new government to spare no effort to achieve victory, as the worst fighting of the 16-month conflict reached the outskirts of the capital.

  • 09/07/2012 | World

    Syria: Annan meets Assad in Damascus

    Kofi Annan said he had constructive talks in Damascus today with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who said the UN peace envoy's plan to end 16 months of bloodshed was being undermined by US political support for "terrorists".

  • 18/07/2012 | World

    Two Syrian rebel groups claim Damascus attack

    Two rebel Syrian groups claimed responsibility for an explosion in Damascus today that killed several top state officials, hailing it as successful strike at the heart of the government.

  • 06/06/2012 | World

    Syria's Assad names former minister as new PM

    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad named a Baath Party stalwart to form a new government, signaling no political concessions to a 15-month-old uprising, as helicopters and tanks pounded rebels near the Mediterranean coast.

  • 06/06/2012 | World

    US Geithner warns nations will seek 'maximum financial pressure' on Syria's Assad

    The US Treasury today warned Syria that more than 55 countries would seek to impose "maximum financial pressure" on President Bashar al-Assad's government in an effort to stop his regime's violence against Syrian people.

  • 11/06/2012 | World

    Syria: Assad forces renew Homs assault

    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces have renewed efforts to impose control in Homs province, killing at least 35 people in one of the biggest bombardments since a failed UN-mandated ceasefire in April, opposition activists said.

  • 27/04/2012 | World

    Nine dead in suicide bomb near Damascus mosque

    A suicide bomber killed nine people including security officers at a Damascus mosque today, Syria's interior ministry said, in another blow to a fraying UN-brokered truce between President Bashar al-Assad and rebels fighting for his downfall.

  • 30/05/2012 | World

    Syria rebels give Assad 48-hour deadline to end violence

    Syrian rebels today gave President Bashar al-Assad a 48-hour deadline to abide by an international peace plan to end violence or face consequences, a rebel spokesman said.

  • 02/06/2012 | World

    Peacemaker Annan talks tough with Syria's Assad

    International envoy Kofi Annan criticised President Bashar al-Assad for failing to comply with a peace plan to end the Syria conflict and said his forces were carrying out atrocities, arbitrary arrests and other abuses regardless of the world outcry against him.

  • 23/03/2012 | World

    EU slaps sanctions on Assad's family

    The European Union slapped sanctions on the wife and mother of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad today, increasing pressure on his government to halt a bloody crackdown against an armed uprising.

  • 28/03/2012 | World

    UN urges Syria's Assad to implement peace plan

    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday to quickly implement a peace plan that he has accepted which calls for the army to return to its barracks.

  • 01/04/2012 | World

    Clinton to Assad: Don't delay implementing peace plan

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday he could no longer delay implementing a UN-Arab League peace proposal to end fighting in Syria.

  • 10/02/2012 | World

    Explosions kill 25 in Syrian city of Aleppo

    Two explosions outside security bases in Aleppo killed 25 soldiers and civilians today, Syrian television said, in the worst violence in Syria's commercial hub in an 11-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.

  • 08/03/2012 | World

    Annan urges end to Syria violence

    Kofi Annan, the UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, said he would urge President Bashar al-Assad and his foes to stop fighting and seek a political solution, drawing angry rebukes from dissidents.

  • 13/03/2012 | World

    Obama, Cameron vow partnership; urge Iran to 'meet its obligations or face the consequences'

    In a joint article for yesterday's Washington Post, United States President Barack Obama and United Kingdom’s Prime Minister David Cameron stressed the two countries’ historical partnership and vowed to extend the relationship as the two work together on key international issues.

  • 24/12/2011 | World

    Angry Syrians bury Damascus bombing dead

    Thousands of Syrians chanted "Death to America" today during funeral processions in Damascus for at least 44 people killed in twin suicide bombings that rocked the capital.

  • 11/01/2012 | World

    Syria's Assad speaks to crowd in Damascus

    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, fighting 10 months of pro-democracy protests, greeted thousands of rapturous supporters in a Damascus square today, only a day after breaking a six-month public silence.

  • 09/02/2012 | World

    Syria forces bombard Homs, UN condemns 'appalling brutality'

    Syrian forces bombarded opposition-held neighborhoods of the city of Homs with rocket and mortar fire today, activists said, as divided world powers struggled to find a way to end the violence.

  • 07/12/2011 | World

    Syria's Assad in interview denies ordered crackdown

    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has denied ordering a crackdown against anti-government protesters, telling ABC news that most people who died in the unrest were his troops and supporters.

  • 08/12/2011 | World

    Syria says pipeline blown up by rebel saboteurs

    Syrian pipeline carrying crude from oilfields in the east of the country was blown up near the restive city of Homs on Thursday, according to anti-government activists and the official news agency SANA.

  • 13/12/2011 | World

    Syria death toll hits 5,000 as insurgency spreads

    More than 5,000 people have been killed in nine months of unrest in Syria, the UN human rights chief said, as an insurgency began to overshadow what had initially been street protests against President Bashar al-Assad's 11-year rule.

  • 07/10/2011 | World

    Activists say Syrian forces killed eight protesters

    Syrian forces killed at least eight people when they opened fire to disperse protests against President Bashar al-Assad after prayers in Damascus and Homs, activists said, and Russia's president urged him to undertake reforms or step down.

  • 01/11/2011 | World

    Syria says reaches deal with Arab League to endunrest

    Syria said today it had reached a deal with an Arab League committee tasked with finding a way to end seven months of unrest and starting a dialogue between President Bashar al-Assad and his opponents.

  • 08/11/2011 | World

    UN: Syrian crackdown has killed over 3,500

    More than 3,500 people have been killed in Syria's crackdown on protesters, the United Nations said today, as the military pressed its campaign to put down resistance against President Bashar al-Assad's rule in the city of Homs.

  • 02/09/2011 | World

    EU agrees to ban crude from Syria

    European Union governments agreed to ban imports of Syrian oil in a move to strengthen economic pressure on the President Bashar al-Assad and his government, EU diplomats and officials said.

  • 28/09/2011 | World

    Syrian tanks pound anti-Assad fighters for second day

    Tanks pounded a Syrian town that has become a refuge for army deserters for a second day, residents said, in the first major battle with defecting soldiers since a six-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad began.

  • 30/09/2011 | World

    UN demands access to Syria as tens of thousands protest

    An UN-backed rights commission urged Syria to let it into the country to investigate reports of killings and torture, including of children, during six months of protests against President Bashar al-Assad's rule. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets demanding the removal of President Bashar al-Assad.

  • 21/08/2011 | World

    Assad warns action against Syria will backfire

    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said unrest sweeping the country had become more militant but he was confident it could be controlled and warned that any military action against his nation would backfire.

  • 23/08/2011 | World

    US diplomat makes suprise visit to Syrian town

    The US ambassador made a surprise trip to a southern Syrian town today, his second visit to an area rocked by protests against President Bashar al-Assad, a move likely to antagonize authorities in Damascus.

  • 24/08/2011 | World

    Syrian forces raid eastern towns, EU may embargo oil

    Syrian forces killed one person and arrested dozens in raids on an eastern tribal region today as part of a crackdown on dissent which could lead to European Union oil sanctions on Damascus as early as next week.

  • 09/08/2011 | World

    Assad: Syria won't stop fight against 'terrorists'

    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad his forces would continue to pursue "terrorist groups" after Turkey pressed him to end a military assault aimed at crushing protests against his rule.

  • 10/08/2011 | World

    Turkey pressures Syria to end crackdown

    Syrian tanks have begun leaving the central city of Hama and Turkey expects the Syrian government to start reforms within 15 days to ease popular unrest, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said today.

  • 18/08/2011 | World

    Obama to ask Syria’s Assad to step down

    President Barack Obama will call on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down and slap new sanctions on his government in a toughening of the US stance toward the Syrian leader, a US official said.

  • 11/07/2011 | World

    Diplomats say Assad loyalists attack US, French embassies

    French embassy guards in Damascus fired live ammunition to disperse loyalists to President Bashar al-Assad who tried to break into the compound and are still surrounding it, diplomats in the Syrian capital said. A similar crowd broke into the US embassy but later left, they added.

  • 12/07/2011 | World

    White House: Syria's Assad has lost legitimacy

    The White House, echoing comments by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a day earlier, said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had lost legitimacy and was "not indispensable."

  • 31/07/2011 | World

    Dozens killed as Syria army storms Hama

    Syrian tanks firing shells and machineguns stormed the city of Hama, killing at least 45 civilians in a move to crush demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad's rule, residents and activists said.

  • 04/06/2011 | World

    Syria forces kill 70 in anti-Assad protests

    Syrian forces killed at least 70 protesters yesterday, activists said, in one of the bloodiest days since the start of an 11-week revolt against the authoritarian rule of President Bashar al-Assad.

  • 18/06/2011 | World

    Syria forces storm border town near Turkey

    Syrian troops and gunmen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad stormed a town near the Turkish border today, burning houses and arresting dozens, witnesses said, in a persistent military campaign to crush popular revolt.

  • 24/06/2011 | World

    Thousands protest against Syria's Assad

    "Tell the world Bashar is without legitimacy," shouted several thousand protesters in the Damascus suburb of Irbin, an eyewitness said, the chants echoing over the phone. Syria has expelled most foreign journalists.

  • 19/05/2011 | World

    Obama seeks to recast ties with skeptical Arab world

    President Barack Obama invoked the killing of Osama bin Laden as a chance to recast relations with the Arab world and said the top US priority was to promote democratic change across the region.

  • 21/05/2011 | World

    Eleven killed as Syrian funeral becomes protest

    Syrian security forces shot dead 11 mourners in the central city of Homs on Saturday at a mass funeral for people killed in the latest crackdown on protests against President Bashar al-Assad, a rights campaigner said.

  • 31/05/2011 | World

    UNICEF worries over “Horrific acts” against children in Syria

    The UN children's agency UNICEF called on Syria to investigate reports of "horrific acts" of violence against children detained during the current wave of unrest in the Arab country.

  • 04/05/2011 | World

    Assad sends more soldiers to crush Syria uprising

    Syrian army units backed by tanks have tightened the siege of two defiant urban centers, in a sign that President Bashar al-Assad is widening the use of the military to crush demonstrations against his autocratic rule

  • 14/05/2011 | World

    Three killed in Syrian town, hundreds flee to Lebanon

    Three people were killed after Syrian troops and gunmen entered the town of Tel Kelakh, a rights campaigner said, and hundreds fled what they said was fierce fighting into neighboring Lebanon.

  • 17/05/2011 | World

    Tanks storm south Syria city

    The West warned of more pressure on Syria if a crackdown against pro-democracy protests continues, hours after tanks stormed a city in the south, cradle of an uprising against Baathist rule. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that both the European Union and the United States were planning more steps.

  • 29/03/2011 | World

    State TV: Syrian government resigns

    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accepted the resignation of the government, Syrian state television said. He was expected to address the nation in a speech which may include a decision to abolish emergency laws

  • 23/04/2011 | World

    Syrian forces raid homes, Assad opposition mounts

    Secret police raided homes near Damascus overnight, rights campaigners said, as popular opposition to authoritarian President Bashar al-Assad mounted following the bloodiest attacks on pro-democracy protesters.

  • 26/04/2011 | World

    At least 400 civilians killed in Syria revolt

    Syrian security forces have shot dead at least 400 civilians in their campaign to crush the country's month-long peaceful pro-democracy revolution, the Syrian human rights organisation Sawasiah said.

  • 16/04/2011 | Sports

    Syria's Assad vows to lift emergency law by next week

    President Bashar al-Assad emergency law in place for almost 50 years in Syria would be lifted by next week but ignored popular demands to curb the security apparatus and dismantle its authoritarian system.


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