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news focus: RI concerned over violence in Syria, calls for peaceful solution

The anti-government protests in Syria and the harsh responses by President Bashar Al-Assad`s regime has reportedly ...

Syria accuses some Arab and western countries of arming "terrorists"

Syrian Foreign Ministry said Friday the twin blasts that hit the northern city of Aleppo came in the context of the ...

Jordanian demonstrators urge gov`t to withdraw ambassador from Syria

Scores of demonstrators took to the streets in Jordan on Friday, urging the Jordanian government to withdraw its ...

Dutch foreign ministry recalls ambassador from Syria

The Dutch Foreign Ministry recalled its ambassador from Syria on Tuesday, following similar steps by several nations ...

Syria clashes near Damascus, league eyes UN

Fierce clashes broke out near the Syrian capital on Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad`s opponents sought to crank up ...

UN security council meets on Syria draft

The UN Security Council on Friday met behind closed doors to discuss a Western-Arab draft resolution on Syria with the ...

Syria accepts extending arab observers mission

Syria`s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Damascus accepted the Arab League`s (AL) request of extending the Arab ...

GCC to pull Syria observers, urge world pressure

Gulf Arab states will pull out their observers sent to Syria as part of an Arab League mission, they announced in a ...

U.S.. considering closing embassy in Syria: reports

The United States was considering closing its embassy in Syria, citing increasing safety concern for American embassy ...

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 ...

Iran supplying weapons to Syria crackdown

The United States believes Iran is supplying munitions to aid Syria`s bloody protest crackdown in an initiative ...