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Obama recognizes Syrian opposition

The United States has decided formally to recognize the Syrian opposition rebel coalition that is fighting to topple ...

`Friends of Syria` agree to step up pressure on Assad

Delegates from more than 60 countries agreed in Tokyo Friday to ramp up pressure on Bashar al-Assad`s regime and urged ...

Syrian opposition coalition to open office in Istanbul

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced Friday that the newly-formed Syrian opposition coalition would ...

More than 36,000 killed in Syria conflict: Watchdog

More than 36,000 people have been killed since the outbreak of Syria`s anti-regime revolt in March 2011, with an ...

Almost 150 killed on first day of Syria truce

Almost 150 people died on the first day of a barely-observed truce between the warring parties in Syria, a watchdog ...

Ahmadinejad calls for ceasefire, dialogue in Syria

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has urged a ceasefire in Syria and called for internal dialogue to resolve the ...

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 ...