#crackdown

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Syria-based PFLP leader on first Gaza trip

A senior leader of the Syria-based leadership of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine arrived on Sunday ...

US backs humanitarian ceasefire in Syria

The United States supports calls for a humanitarian ceasefire in Syria to bring relief to civilians caught up in a ...

Iraq wants Syria to participate in Arab Summit: pm

Iraq wants Syria to participate in an Arab summit that is to be held in Baghdad if it is not barred from doing so by ...

17 Russian troops killed in Caucasus battle: minister

Russian troops suffered 17 dead and 24 wounded in a days-long battle with insurgents in the restive North Caucasus ...

Chinese envoy says Syrian sovereigtny must respected

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun said the international community must respect Syria`s sovereignty after ...

China opposes forced regime change in Syria: envoy

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun said Beijing opposed armed intervention and forced "regime change" in Syria, a ...

IIsolating Syria a mistake: Russia

Shutting Damascus out of talks to end the brutal crackdown in Syria would be a mistake, Russian Foreign Minister ...

Switzerland closes its embassy in Syria

Switzerland has decided to close its embassy in Damascus and called on all Swiss citizens to immediately leave Syria, ...

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 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 ...

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 ...