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Peace envoy Brahimi in Lebanon for Syria talks

Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi arrived in Lebanon on Wednesday on the latest leg of his second regional tour aimed at ...

Turkey scrambles fighter planes to Syria border

Turkey scrambled two fighter planes to the border with Syria on Friday after a Syrian military helicopter bombed the ...

Ancient souk burns as fighting rages in Syria`s aleppo

Hundreds of shops were burning in the ancient covered market in Aleppo on Saturday as fighting between rebels and ...

UN, Arab League leaders discuss Syria deadlock

The UN and Arab League leaders on Friday discussed deadlocked efforts to end the Syria war and unrest sweeping the ...

Helicopter crashes in damascus suburb-Syrian TV

A helicopter crashed in the town of Douma east of the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday, Syrian state television ...

Syria Druze back sunnis` revolt with words but not arms

The Druze of Idlib province have not yet taken up arms in the war to unseat Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but have ...

US-Russia ties remain strong

Ties between the United States and Russia, its former Cold War foe, remain strong following a reset of their ...

Putin urges West rethink on Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Western and Arab governments on Thursday to review their policy on war-torn ...

China`s FM expresses worry about Syria

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has told the new UN special envoy for Syria that Beijing is increasingly ...

12 people killed in Damascus funeral procession blast

Twelve people were killed and another 48 injured Tuesday when a car bomb ripped through a funeral procession for two ...

Syria top officials to attend NAM summit in Iran

Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi and Foreign Minister Walid Muallem will attend the August 30-31 Non-Aligned summit ...

US and Britain warn Syria against chemical weapon threat

British Prime Minster David Cameron and US President Barack Obama on Wednesday warned they would be forced to consider ...

Pro-opposition Syrian journalist killed by army

A journalist from the cultural section of the government daily Tishrin was shot dead Wednesday at his home in Damascus ...

Russia,China warn West on Syria after Obama threats

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned the West not to take unilateral action on Syria, saying that Russia ...

Russia tells Syria its peace efforts `insufficient`

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a senior visiting Syrian minister on Tuesday that the regime`s current ...