syria
Syrian National Council head urges Arab League to be harsher on Assad
World
April 26, 2012
Syrian National Council head urges Arab League to be harsher on Assad
The head of the Syrian National Council has called on the Arab League to at the very least direct a…
Syria violence rages, France tells UN to hurry
World
April 26, 2012
Syria violence rages, France tells UN to hurry
BEIRUT — Syrian forces shot dead four civilians on a bus on Wednesday and fighting raged near Damascus, dissidents said,…
Syria’s Assad ‘finished,’ Tunisian leader says
World
April 24, 2012
Syria’s Assad ‘finished,’ Tunisian leader says
Bashar al-Assad's international allies must realize the Syrian president is "finished" and persuade him to step down to avoid further…
Activists: Syrian troops attack Damascus suburb
World
April 22, 2012
Activists: Syrian troops attack Damascus suburb
BEIRUT — Syrian troops stormed and shelled districts in a suburb of the capital Damascus Sunday, activists said, a day…
Syrian opposition to meet Arab League in Cairo
Egypt
April 19, 2012
Syrian opposition to meet Arab League in Cairo
The secretary general of the Arab League said he would meet with the Syrian opposition at the league’s headquarters in…
Mr. and Mrs. Assad fight to salvage image
World
April 18, 2012
Mr. and Mrs. Assad fight to salvage image
President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma were shown on Syrian state TV packing food aid, an apparent effort to…
Activists report shooting in Syria as first team of UN monitors begins mission
World
April 16, 2012
Activists report shooting in Syria as first team of UN monitors begins mission
BEIRUT — An advance team of six UN observers arrived in the Syrian capital to monitor the country’s cease-fire, which…
Syria ceasefire imperiled as government vows crackdown
World
April 15, 2012
Syria ceasefire imperiled as government vows crackdown
BEIRUT — Syria's ceasefire increasingly was under threat on Sunday as the government vowed a crackdown on a wave of…
Activists report shelling in central Syrian city
World
April 14, 2012
Activists report shelling in central Syrian city
Syrian troops shelled Saturday two rebel-held neighborhoods in the central city of Homs in an apparent violation of an internationally…