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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 ...

Brahimi to be new UN envoy to Syria

Former Algerian foreign minister Lakhdar Brahimi is to be named as the new United Nations and Arab League peace envoy ...

Iran hosts Syria talks, calls for national dialogue

Iran on Thursday hosted a 29-nation conference on Syria with the aim of stopping bloodshed there and forging a role ...

Iran says alliance with Syria will not be broken

Iran assured President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday that Syria was a vital partner in its regional anti-Israeli ...

Syrian general among 1,000 refugees fleeing to Turkey

About 1,000 Syrians, including a defecting brigadier-general, have fled to Turkey in the past 24 hours to escape ...