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Animal carcasses lie on the ground, killed by what residents said was a chemical weapon attack on Tuesday, in Khan al-Assal area near the northern city of Aleppo, March 23, 2013.
Analysis: Crossing Obama's 'red line' on Syria will require concrete proof
Reuters 24 Apr 2013
While President Barack Obama has declared a "red line" over Syrian use of chemical weapons, US officials...
Up to 500 feared dead in Damascus suburb: activists
Reuters 22 Apr 2013
At least 109 people have been documented as killed and up to 400 more are likely to have died in an almost week-long...
HRW slams 'indiscriminate' Syria fire on Lebanon
AFP 22 Apr 2013
Human Rights Watch called Monday on both the Syrian regime and rebel forces to end "indiscriminate cross-border...
Palestine-Syrian refugees protest before Cairo Palestinian Embassy
Al-Masry Al-Youm 22 Apr 2013
Palestinian-Syrians refugees displaced from Syria began a sit-in on Tuesday in front of the Palestinian Embassy in...
Moaz al-Khatib, head of the Syrian opposition. 
Syria opposition head refiles resignation, source says
AFP 21 Apr 2013
Syria's National Coalition head Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib has refiled his resignation and an interim leader is being...
Babies as young as six months victims of rape in war: UN envoy
Reuters 18 Apr 2013
  In her first seven months as UN envoy on sexual violence in conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura has visited a...
Syrian president Bashaar al-Assad in uniform.
Assad: West will pay a heavy price for supporting Islamists in Syria
AFP 17 Apr 2013
President Bashar al-Assad warned Western states on Wednesday that they will pay a heavy price at home for their alleged...
File photo of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a TV interview on the Syrian state TV, Damascus, 21 August, 2011.
Syria's Assad cuts jail terms, activists not satisfied
Reuters 16 Apr 2013
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad cut prisoners' sentences on Tuesday to mark a national holiday but activists said...
Members of the Free Syrian Army climb up stairs during clashes with pro-government forces in Haram town, Idlib Governorate, 30 October 2012.
Assad's forces break rebel blockade in north Syria
Reuters 15 Apr 2013
Syrian government troops have broken through a six-month rebel blockade in northern Syria and are now fighting to...
Assad forces damage mosque that sparked Syria revolt
AFP 14 Apr 2013
President Bashar al-Assad's forces destroyed the minaret of the historic Omari mosque where Syria's uprising...