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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 ...

Syrian rebels getting lots of Western arms

Russia on Monday cited what it called increasing evidence that Syrian rebels were obtaining large amounts of ...

Bloody start to eid in Syria

The Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday got off to a bloody start in Syria, with at least 84 people dying across the country, ...

Algeria`s Brahimi named Syria envoy to replace Annan

UN Secretary-general Ban Ki- moon on Friday announced the appointment of Lakhdar Brahimi, a veteran Algerian diplomat, ...

UN ends Syria mission as Aleppo under renewed attack

The United Nations called an end to its observer mission in Syria on Thursday, while activists reported more ...

Conflict in Syria must be stopped

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expressed concern over the ongoing conflict in Syria. "We want an end to ...