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Arab League mission to return to Syria: Ban

The Arab League intends to restart its observer mission in Syria where government forces have killed thousands of ...

Iran hails Russia, Chinese UN veto on Syria

Iran on Sunday welcomed the Russian and Chinese veto on a UN Security Council resolution condemning its ally Syria for ...

Russia threatens to veto U.N.Ssyria draft - diplomat

Russia told the U.N. Security Council on Thursday it would veto a disputed draft resolution backing an Arab League ...

Syria clashes near Damascus, league eyes UN

Fierce clashes broke out near the Syrian capital on Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad`s opponents sought to crank up ...

UN security council meets on Syria draft

The UN Security Council on Friday met behind closed doors to discuss a Western-Arab draft resolution on Syria with the ...

Syria accepts extending arab observers mission

Syria`s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Damascus accepted the Arab League`s (AL) request of extending the Arab ...

Canada backs Arab League plan on assad departure

Canada supports the Arab League plan for an immediate departure of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and urges the UN ...

Russia rejects sanctions, foreign troops in Syria crisis

Russia, a permanent veto-wielding member of the UN Security Council, will reject any use of sanctions or deployment of ...

U.S. says Russia-proposed resolution on Syria needs amendment

The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday that the Russia-proposed UN draft resolution on Syria still needed amendment ...

Syria to let monitors stay, Obama ups pressure

Syria is ready to let Arab monitors extend their mission beyond this week, an Arab League source said, but U.S. ...

Ban urges action on Syria regime hit by defections

UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged the Security Council to act on Syria as President Bashar al-Assad came under new ...

Assad decrees general amnesty over unrest

Syria`s President Bashar al-Assad has decreed a general amnesty for crimes committed during unrest in the country over ...

Russia slams Iran sanctions, holds firm on Syria attention

Russia warned the West on Friday that new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme will be seen by the world ...

Iran supplying weapons to Syria crackdown

The United States believes Iran is supplying munitions to aid Syria`s bloody protest crackdown in an initiative ...

Hamas not to move bureau from Damascus to Tunis

The Islamic Hamas movement on Sunday denied earlier media reports that Hamas intended to move its bureau from Damascus ...