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Italy closes embassy in Syria, repatriates staff: official

Italy said Wednesday it was closing its embassy in Damascus and repatriating some staff to protest Syria`s ...

Syria`s Assad orders parliamentary elections on May 7

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued Tuesday a presidential decree to hold the parliamentary elections on May 7, ...

Syria condemns Israeli aggression in Gaza

The Syrian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned Tuesday the "incessant" Israeli aggression against the Palestinian ...

Russia accuses Libya of harboring Syria rebels

Russia`s UN envoy on Wednesday accused the Libyan government of supporting a training camp for Syrian rebels who ...

Russia, China step up Syria peace efforts

Russia and China, who twice blocked UN resolutions to condemn ally Syria, were Monday stepping efforts to find a ...

Kremlin woos Russian opposition after Putin win

The Kremlin held out an olive branch to Russia's opposition on Monday before protesters take to the streets to ...

US believes Iran increasing secret aid to Syria

Iran is stepping up its military and intelligence support for Syrian government troops in their crackdown against ...

Bodies of Marie Colvin, Remi Ochlik arrive in Paris

The bodies of American journalist Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik, killed in the bombardment of a ...

ban demands unconditional humanitarian aid to Syria

UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Friday demanded unconditional humanitarian access to Syrian cities, saying there were ...

UN-AL envoy for Syria to begin mission on march 7

Joint envoy of the United Nations (UN) and Arab League (AL) for Syria, Kofi Annan, will begin his mission on March 7 ...

France urges Syria ceasefire to evacuate journalists

France called for a ceasefire in the rebel-held area of Baba Amr in Syria`s city of Homs on Wednesday so it could ...

Palestine invites UN Security Council to visit occupied territories

Riyad Mansour, the permanent observer of Palestine to the UN, said here Tuesday that he has invited members of the UN ...

5 Syrian troops killed in clash with deserters

Five Syrian soldiers were killed on Tuesday in fighting with deserters in the restive southern province of Daraa, a ...

Govt evacuates 20 RI citizens from Syria

The government on Tuesday evacuated 20 Indonesian citizens from conflict-torn Syria and expects them to arrive in ...

UN rights council hope for positive Syrian response on aid

The head of the United Nations Human Rights Council said Monday she hoped for a "positive response" from Syria to ...