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Jordanian soldiers help Syrian refugees disembark from a vehicle after crossing the border from Syria near Mafraq, on 18 February 2013. The number of Syrians who have fled their country since a deadly civil conflict erupted two years ago has hit one million, the UN's refugee agency said Wednesday.
AFP 06 Mar 2013
The number of Syrians who have fled their country since a deadly civil conflict erupted two years ago has hit one...
People watch Syrian President Bashar al-Assad deliver a live speech in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, 3 June 2012. Assad says his government had nothing to do with the Houla massacre, saying not even "monsters" would carry out such an ugly crime. The speech Sunday marked Assad's first comments on the killings. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)
AFP 05 Mar 2013
President Bashar al-Assad said his regime has conquered the "conspiracy" against it, even as rebels overran...
Virginie Nguyen 03 Mar 2013
ALEPPO — The atmosphere was tense in Bustan al-Qasr after a Friday protest turned into a fight between two...
AFP 03 Mar 2013
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in a rare interview he is ready to negotiate with the opposition but will not...
 
French freelance photographer Olivier Voisin, in a photo released by Reporters Without Borders. Voisin, who was seriously wounded on 21 February 2013 while working in Idlib in northern Syria, has died of his wounds after surgery in Turkey, the French foreign ministry said on 24 February 2013.
AFP 24 Feb 2013
French freelance photographer Olivier Voisin, who was seriously wounded in Syria Thursday, has died of his wounds after...
Fire burns after shelling at the Grand Umayyad mosque in Aleppo, 13 October 2012.
AFP 23 Feb 2013
The Syrian army's use of surface-to-surface missiles on Aleppo is part of a bid to advance on the northern city,...
Mohamed Kamel Amr, Egyptian foreign minister.
Al-Masry Al-Youm 22 Feb 2013
  Iran is a “regional force that cannot be ignored,” but Egypt is committed to “non-intervention...
Reuters 21 Feb 2013
A car bomb shook central Damascus on Thursday, killing several people and incinerating cars on a busy highway close to...
Reuters 19 Feb 2013
A Syrian army rocket attack on a rebel-held district in the city of Aleppo killed at least 20 people and another 25...
Reuters 17 Feb 2013
International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi called on Sunday for talks between the Syrian opposition and an "acceptable...