Beirut: At least 21 people were killed on Tuesday in an attack in northern Syria, activists said, and members of a team of UN monitors caught in the incident said they were in rebel hands "for their own protection." When Reuters asked one of the four monitors by phone if they were being held prisoner, he said: "We are safe with the (rebel) Free Army." A spokesman for the rebel...
02:03 AM, May 16, 2012
British photojournalist Paul Conroy spent five days trapped in Homs, in a house that was shelled by the Syrian government forces during a relentless siege. ...
07:45 PM, Apr 02, 2012
Istanbul: Dozens of countries on Sunday sought to set conditions for a new Syria, pushing for tighter sanctions and diplomatic pressure to further isolate President Bashar Assad, while urging the opposition to offer a democratic alternative to his regime. Yet the show of solidarity at the "Friends of the Syrian People" conference in the Turkish capital, Istanbul, was marred by the absence of China, Russia and Iran -- key supporters...
02:10 PM, Apr 01, 2012
It was my first date with the Arab World. A fortnight ago, I was all set to fly to Syria, a country caught in conflict, ...
12:45 PM, Mar 12, 2012
Beirut: Defeated Syrian rebels abandoned their shattered stronghold in Homs, giving way to a 26-day army assault on a city that had become a symbol of the year-long revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. Activists said Syria's army had begun hunting down and killing insurgents who stayed to cover their comrades' "tactical retreat" from the city's battle-scarred Baba Amro district, although the reports could not be verified independently. One pro-government figure...
01:40 PM, Mar 02, 2012
Beirut: Defeated Syrian rebels left their shattered stronghold in Homs on Thursday after a bloody 26-day army siege aimed at crushing a symbol of the year-long revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. Activists said a few fighters had stayed on in Baba Amro, which has endured weeks of shelling, sniper fire and privation, to cover their comrades' "tactical withdrawal". Soon afterward, the international Red Cross said Syrian authorities had finally given...
03:51 AM, Mar 02, 2012
As the death toll soars, the Opposition activists say fierce fighting has now claimed more than 100 lives. ...
06:37 PM, Feb 29, 2012
Geneva: There needs to be an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Syria, the UN human rights chief declared on Tuesday, saying the situation has deteriorated rapidly as the Assad regime steps up its onslaught against the opposition. Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the world has to take action to prevent Syrian security forces from continuing their bombardments and other attacks against civilians, which she said had...
08:33 PM, Feb 28, 2012
A local Syrian girl has asked the West to leave her country alone. She says while Syria indeed needs some changes, it is Syria's own business to do so, not the West's. ...
11:44 AM, Feb 26, 2012
Damascus: Syria is all set to hold a referendum on a new constitution on Sunday, even as the raging violence in the central city of Homs enters its fourth week. President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to hold elections in the country within 90 days if a new Constitution is approved. The Opposition, however, dismiss it as a charade amid an intensifying crackdown on the 11-month-old revolt against the ruling Baath...
07:22 AM, Feb 26, 2012
Over 90 people were killed in Homs on Friday as President Bashar al Assad's forces shelled the city for the 21st day. ...
08:16 AM, Feb 25, 2012
Veteran journalist Marie Colvin from US was killed in Syria last week as the violence continues in Homs. ...
08:03 AM, Feb 24, 2012
Amman: Western and Arab nations will demand that Syrian forces implement an immediate ceasefire to allow relief supplies to reach desperate civilians in cities such as Homs which has endured a 20-day bombardment when they meet in Tunis on Friday. Piling pressure on President Bashar al-Assad, UN investigators accused his security apparatus of crimes against humanity as world outrage mounted over violence that has cost thousands of lives during an...
04:23 AM, Feb 24, 2012
Amman/Beirut : Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces bombarded opposition Sunni Muslim districts in the city of Homs for the 20th day on Thursday, activists said, despite international outrage over the reported killing of more than 80 people on Wednesday. Rockets, artillery and mortar rounds rained on the districts of Inshaat and Baba Amro, where Free Syrian Army rebels appear to be holding their ground under heavy fire. In the Khalidiya...
04:14 PM, Feb 23, 2012
With no end to the violence, food and medicine supplies are running alarmingly low in Syria. ...
08:10 AM, Feb 22, 2012
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