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Wednesday, 02 January 2013 16:17
DAMASCUS - Dozens of people have been killed by an air strike on a petrol station in the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus, activists say. Damascus residents say they saw burning bodies and a scene of horror after the strike...Read More
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Thursday, 13 December 2012 13:40
DAMASCUS - A Russian official has said for the first time that the Syrian government may be defeated by opposition forces. President Bashar al-Assad's forces are "losing more and more control and territory", deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Thursday....Read More
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Monday, 26 November 2012 13:41
DAMASCUS - Activists in Syria say a government jet has dropped a cluster bomb on a playground, leaving 10 children dead. Video posted on the internet showed children's bodies on the ground with their mothers grieving over them. The children were...Read More
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Tuesday, 13 November 2012 15:35
DAMASCUS - Not long after Syrian dissidents united in hopes of gaining global credibility, the Syrian government slammed the new coalition, saying any effort to topple President Bashar al-Assad will be futile. "There is no power in this entire world that...Read More
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Wednesday, 24 October 2012 13:53
DAMASCUS - The UN's envoy to Syria says President Bashar al-Assad's government has agreed to abide by a ceasefire during the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha. Lakhdar Brahimi told reporters in Cairo that most opposition factions had also said they would...Read More
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Monday, 15 October 2012 14:59
DAMASCUS - UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has appealed for Iranian help to implement a ceasefire in Syria over the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. Following a visit to Tehran, Mr Brahimi said such a ceasefire could "allow a political process...Read More
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Sunday, 14 October 2012 12:33
DAMASCUS - Turkish civilian planes are no longer allowed to fly over Syria, Damascus has said, amid growing tensions between the two neighbouring countries. The ban took effect at midnight (2100GMT) on Saturday. This comes just days after Turkey intercepted a...Read More
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Friday, 05 October 2012 15:04
HOMS - The Syrian city of Homs has been subjected to its most severe bombardment in five months, activists say. Aircraft and artillery targeted the neighbourhood of Khaldiya, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. There are also reports of fresh...Read More
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Thursday, 04 October 2012 16:17
ANKARA - Turkey's parliament has authorised troops to launch cross-border action against Syria, following Syria's deadly shelling of a Turkish town. The bill, passed by 320 to 129, also permits strikes against Syrian targets. But Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay insisted...Read More
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Monday, 01 October 2012 14:21
DAMASCUS - Syria's foreign minister is expected Monday to defend his country's handling of the 18-month civil war before the United Nations General Assembly, just as newly released casualty figures put the conflict's human toll at nearly 28,000. Foreign Minister Walid...Read More
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Friday, 14 September 2012 12:27
DAMASCUS - The newly minted U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria vowed Thursday during his first visit to Damascus to "spare no effort" to help end that country's civil war. Lakhdar Brahimi, who replaced Kofi Annan as the international community's point man...Read More
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Tuesday, 04 September 2012 14:00
DAMASCUS - More than 100,000 Syrians fled their country in August, the UN says - the highest monthly number of refugees since the conflict began in March 2011. In one month, the UN refugee agency says the total number of people...Read More
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Sunday, 02 September 2012 12:40
DAMASCUS - Heavy clashes erupted across Syria on Saturday while government forces battled opposition fighters in various cities. At least 162 people died across Syria on Saturday, including 55 in and around Damascus, opposition activists said. Several political activists reported that...Read More
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Thursday, 30 August 2012 14:48
DAMASCUS - Egypt's president has told a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (Nam) that the Syrian uprising is a "revolution against an oppressive regime". Mohammed Mursi, making the first visit to Iran by an Egyptian leader since 1979, said the movement...Read More
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