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Topic: Syria

Arab League to hold emergency meeting on Syria massacre

May 27, 2012

Syria Unrest: Arab League foreign ministers are to hold an emergency meeting on a massacre in Syria in which UN observers say government forces killed 92 people, the bloc's current president Kuwait said.  Read Article Arab League to hold emergency meeting on Syria massacre

Pro-government forces slaughter dozens of Syrians after Friday protests

May 27, 2012

Activists from Houla, an area northwest of the central city of Homs, said the area was peppered with mortars following a large demonstration, then pro-regime thugs stormed the area. Read Article Pro-government forces slaughter dozens of Syrians after Friday protests

Massacre of 92 in Syria called 'deplorable act'

Kuwaiti citizens and Syrians residents hold up the adopted Syrian revolutionary flag during a protest in front of the Syrian Embassy in Kuwait City on Saturday following the reported killing of 92 people, including 32 children, in the Syrian town of Houla. YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP

May 27, 2012

Syria Unrest: The Syrian government's version of the massacre said the killers had burnt and blown up homes to mimic the impact of an artillery barrage.  Read Article Massacre of 92 in Syria called 'deplorable act'

Syrian regime, rebel supporters put pressure on Jordan

US soldiers sit in a tank as a helicopter hovers during the Eager Lion joint military exercise in Jordan last week. AFP

May 27, 2012

Saudi Arabia and Qatar want Jordan to allow weapons to move across the border into Syria to supply the rebels.  Read Article Syrian regime, rebel supporters put pressure on Jordan

 

Syrians in Jordan: only armed rebels can oust Assad

The children of Syrian refugees, who fled the violence in Syria, receive humanitarian aid and shelter in the border city of Ramtha in northern Jordan. Salah Malkawi for The National

May 27, 2012

Many Syrians say the Syrian National Council does not represent them because it has failed to provide rebel fighters with the cash and weapons they need.  Read Article Syrians in Jordan: only armed rebels can oust Assad

 

Annan plans second Syria visit as killing continues

May 26, 2012

Human-rights monitors say that more than 900 people have been killed since Kofi Annan's April 12 ceasefire agreement was concluded with Syrian authorities.  Read Article Annan plans second Syria visit as killing continues

 

Syrian opponents agree Lebanon must stay stable

May 26, 2012

Officials from Moscow to Riyadh are alarmed that Syria¿s crisis has fuelled sectarian clashes in Lebanon. Read Article Syrian opponents agree Lebanon must stay stable

 

Four steps that lead to a new Syria

May 25, 2012

UAE and Germany driving forces behind the approved plans. Read Article Four steps that lead to a new Syria

 

Both sides in Syria guilty of crimes, says the UN

Hundreds of mourners attend the funeral procession of victims killed by violence in Dael in the southern province of Deraa. Shaam News Network via AFP

May 25, 2012

The findings were released in Geneva by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, which said the conflict has become "increasingly militarised." Read Article Both sides in Syria guilty of crimes, says the UN

 

Sanctions on Syria has cost country $4 billion, says oil minister

May 25, 2012

Sufian Allaw blames international sanctions for shortages of cooking gas and other basic goods, but the US ambassador to Damascus denied that the international sanctions are to blame. Read Article Sanctions on Syria has cost country $4 billion, says oil minister

 

Kidnapped Lebanese pilgrims in Syria 'free in hours'

May 24, 2012

Russia warns that turmoil in Syria threatens to spill into Lebanon as the families of 11 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims abducted in northern Syria await their release. Read Article Kidnapped Lebanese pilgrims in Syria 'free in hours'

 

Three Iranian lorry drivers abducted in Syria

May 23, 2012

Three Iranian lorry drivers have been abducted by "armed opposition groups" in Syria, according to Iran's charge d'affaires in Damascus quoted by media today. Read Article Three Iranian lorry drivers abducted in Syria

 

Hizbollah appeals for calm after Syria kidnapping

Video: Bloodshed in Beirut

May 23, 2012

The leader of Lebanon's Shiite militant group has appealed for calm after people blocked roads and burned tires in Beirut to protest the kidnapping of 11 Lebanese Shiites in Syria. Read Article Hizbollah appeals for calm after Syria kidnapping

 

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