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ANTARA expected to carry stories supporting Syrian govt

Indonesian national news agency ANTARA is expected to produce reports on the situation in Syria that support the ...

Syria frees prominent dissident on bail: NGO

Syria freed prominent dissident Riad Seif on bail Sunday pending his trial after he was detained earlier this month ...

One killed in firing from Syria into Lebanon

Gunfire from Syria Sunday raked a crowd at Al-Boqayah border crossing in Lebanon near the town of Wadi Khaled, killing ...

Britain, France seek for sanctions against Syrian president

Britain and France are seeking to impose a EU travel ban and asset freeze on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and four ...

700 dead in Syria crackdown, jurists` group says

Syrian authorities have killed more than 700 people and rounded up thousands while shelling cities indiscriminately in ...

Ban Ki-Moon urges Syria to halt arrests, let in UN

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Syria on Wednesday to halt mass arrests of anti-government protesters and to ...

UN mission blocked from Syrian protest city

Syrian authorities have stopped a UN humanitarian team from visiting the protest city of Daraa where hundreds are said ...

Armed gang kill 10 Syrian civilians-state agency

An armed gang shot dead ten Syrian civilian workers on their way back from Lebanon in a bus ambush near the Syrian ...

Syrian forces arrest prominent lawyer in Raqqa-group

Syrian forces arrested a prominent human rights lawyers in the city of Raqqa after he criticised the authorities` ...

Syria arrests women, opposition figures-rights groups

Syrian security forces on Saturday arrested two veteran opposition figures and a group of female protesters as part of ...

EU to impose arms embargo on Syria--EU diplomats

European Union member states reached preliminary agreement to Friday to impose an arms embargo on Syria and consider ...

Hundreds flee Syria gunfire to Lebanon-witnesses

Hundreds of Syrian women and children have crossed into northern Lebanon, fleeing gunfire on the Syrian side of the ...

25 killed as Syrian tanks storm Daraa: activists

Thousands of Syrian troops backed by tanks stormed the flashpoint town of Daraa on Monday killing at least 25 people, ...

EU top diplomat condemns violence in Syria

The EU foreign policy chief condemned the use of force against anti-government demonstrators in Syria as "appalling ...

Syria rounds up regime opponents: rights group

Security forces have arrested dozens of people in raids across Syria even though President Bashar al-Assad has lifted ...