Bouthaina Shaaban, advisor to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, said that the Syrian government was trying its best to resolve the situation. ...
07:22 PM, Mar 07, 2013
The United Nations is receiving only limited support for its aid to millions of Syrians, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in published remarks, adding its humanitarian work needed "generous" help from a donor pledging conference on January 30. ...
01:36 PM, Jan 30, 2013
The international envoy seeking a negotiated solution to Syria's 21-month-old conflict said on Thursday political change was needed to end the violence which has killed 44,000 people. ...
02:26 AM, Dec 28, 2012
Now that Barack Obama has won a second term, let's look at some of the reasons for his victory in what was predicted as a ...
01:34 PM, Nov 12, 2012
Syrian rebels on Friday issued a 48 hour deadline for Iran and Syria to give in to their demands to secure the release of 48 Iranians taken hostage earlier this year. They threatened to execute the Shiite pilgrims if Tehran and Damascus did not release captured Syrian rebels within 48 hours and stop shelling. The pilgrims were abducted in August. ...
11:31 AM, Oct 06, 2012
There is a crisis brewing for those who have survived the fighting in Syria. The United Nations' refugee agency says up to 7,00,000 Syrian refugees could leave the country by the end of this year, nearly 4 times its original estimate. However, as CNN's Ivan Watson found out, it's recently become much harder to get out of Syria and across the border into Turkey. Watson found refugees waiting - in ...
12:44 PM, Sep 28, 2012
The crisis in Syria is getting bloodier by the day. According to the UNICEF, 1,600 people were killed in the country last week. ...
09:56 AM, Sep 03, 2012
The Syrian city of Aleppo has become another major battleground in recent weeks. ...
10:15 AM, Aug 27, 2012
A town that was once a busy market is now left with nothing but skeletons of buildings, and relates stories of brutality. ...
11:33 AM, Jul 24, 2012
The Syrian conflict is now a civil war, says the International Red Cross. Humanitarian laws will now apply across the country as battle spreads. ...
08:46 AM, Jul 16, 2012
Beirut: Syria on Thursday blamed up to 800 rebel fighters for the massacre in central Syria last week that killed more than 100 people, nearly half of them children, in its most comprehensive explanation to date of the bloodshed. The narrative starkly contradicted accounts of witnesses who blamed "shabiha" or the shadowy gunmen who operate on behalf of President Bashar al Assad's regime. The UN also said it had strong...
03:21 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Beirut: Syrian troops shelled villages, fired across frontiers and were accused of massacres in the hours before a deadline on Tuesday that many doubt can usher in a UN-brokered ceasefire and halt a 13-month slide into all-out civil war. Diplomats trying to contain a crisis that has inflamed the Middle East and pitched old Cold War rivals into opposing camps will not wish to abandon their most comprehensive peace plan...
11:54 AM, Apr 10, 2012
Washington: The United States hopes to meet soon with international partners to consider how to halt violence in Syria and provide humanitarian aid, the White House said on Wednesday. "In the coming days we will continue our very active discussions ... to crystallize the international community's next steps in that effort to halt the slaughter of the Syrian people," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters. Carney said the...
04:33 AM, Feb 09, 2012
Beirut: After days of punishing assaults, Syria's army began withdrawing tanks from the restive city of Homs on Tuesday just as a team of Arab League observers was on its way to the central city, according to activists and an Arab official. Opposition activist Mohammed Saleh said the heavy bombardment of Homs stopped on Tuesday morning and tanks were seen pulling out of the streets. Another Homs-based activist said he...
03:15 PM, Dec 27, 2011
