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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...
Egypt proposes negotiations between Syrian regime, opposition
Egypt Independent 21 Apr 2013
Egypt proposed Saturday to conduct negotiations between the Syrian regime and opposition in Damascus — a change...
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...
At least 45 die in shelling, executions in Syrian town: activists
Reuters 11 Apr 2013
At least 45 Syrians were killed, some in cold blood, when government troops stormed the contested town of Sanamein in...
Russian soldiers march through Red Square during a Victory Day parade rehearsal in Moscow on May 6, 2010. Russia will mark the 65th anniversary of Allied forces' victory over the Hitler coalition in WWII on May 9. Troops from four NATO states will march through Red Square for the first time as Russia marks the 65th anniversary of the World War II victory with its biggest parade since the Soviet collapse.
Presidential advisor heads to Moscow for bilateral talks
Al-Masry Al-Youm 09 Apr 2013
Presidential advisor Essam al-Haddad left Cairo on Tuesday on route for the Russian capital Moscow. The international...