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February 17, 2012

UN General Assembly adopts resolution condemning Syria

UNITED NATIONS — The 193-nation UN General Assembly ratcheted up the pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday by…

February 16, 2012

VIENNA — Iran, facing harsher sanctions targeting its economically vital oil exports, has told world powers it wants to resume…

February 12, 2012

A United Nations freelance consultant was fatally shot in the head while driving through an upscale Cairo neighborhood on Sunday,…

February 7, 2012

Syrian forces renewed their bombardment of Homs on Tuesday as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Damascus for talks…

February 4, 2012

Russia said Saturday that the Western-backed text of a UN Security Council resolution on the violence in Syria did not…

January 30, 2012

South Sudan on Monday accused its former foes in the Khartoum government of arming gunmen who killed over 40 people…

January 27, 2012

HARASTA, Syria — The UN Security Council meets on Friday to discuss the next move on Syria and council envoys said…

January 23, 2012

BEIRUT — Syria rejected Monday a new Arab League plan aiming to end the country's 10-month crisis by calling on…

January 21, 2012

Pressure is mounting on the Arab League to seek UN intervention amid growing exasperation that the bloc's hard-won observer mission…

January 19, 2012

BEIRUT — Britain called on Wednesday for harsher sanctions on Syria, where an Arab monitoring mission has failed to halt…