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5 Syrian troops killed in clash with deserters

Five Syrian soldiers were killed on Tuesday in fighting with deserters in the restive southern province of Daraa, a ...

UN rights council hope for positive Syrian response on aid

The head of the United Nations Human Rights Council said Monday she hoped for a "positive response" from Syria to ...

ICRC fails to evacuate wounded journalists from Homs

The Red Cross Saturday failed to agree a deal to evacuate wounded Syrians and Western journalists from battered Homs ...

US backs humanitarian ceasefire in Syria

The United States supports calls for a humanitarian ceasefire in Syria to bring relief to civilians caught up in a ...

Russia boycotts friends of Syria meeting

Russia on Tuesday said it would not attend an international conference in Tunis this week aimed at seeking political ...

Iraq wants Syria to participate in Arab Summit: pm

Iraq wants Syria to participate in an Arab summit that is to be held in Baghdad if it is not barred from doing so by ...

China opposes forced regime change in Syria: envoy

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun said Beijing opposed armed intervention and forced "regime change" in Syria, a ...

IIsolating Syria a mistake: Russia

Shutting Damascus out of talks to end the brutal crackdown in Syria would be a mistake, Russian Foreign Minister ...

37 Indonesians being evacuated fromSyria

More than 37 Indonesians are being evacuated from Syria following worsening of political crisis in the country, the ...

Switzerland closes its embassy in Syria

Switzerland has decided to close its embassy in Damascus and called on all Swiss citizens to immediately leave Syria, ...

news focus: RI concerned over violence in Syria, calls for peaceful solution

The anti-government protests in Syria and the harsh responses by President Bashar Al-Assad`s regime has reportedly ...

Malaysia defends deporting Saudi in Ttwitter row

Malaysia on Monday defended its deportation of a Saudi journalist wanted at home for comments deemed insulting to the ...

Legislator calls for evacuation of RI`s nationals in Syria

Indonesia has been urged to evacuate immediately around 12,500 nationals from Syria following the escalation in ...

Jordanian demonstrators urge gov`t to withdraw ambassador from Syria

Scores of demonstrators took to the streets in Jordan on Friday, urging the Jordanian government to withdraw its ...

RI must remain neutral about Syria : MP

The Chairman of the House of Representatives` (DPR) Commission I, Mahfudz Siddiq, said Indonesia must remain neutral ...