Syria

February 22, 2012

Homs
13:25 GMT

Following the death of two Western journalists on Wednesday in Syria, France requested a secure access to provide relief for the victims of the bombing.

Syria
07:30 GMT

Some 100 people were still killed yesterday in Syria.

February 21, 2012

Homs
17:11 GMT

The Red Cross has called for a daily two-hour ceasefire in Homs in order to supply the needs of the civilians.

Homs
13:03 GMT

At least 21 people were killed Tuesday in Syria, including 19 by bombings in Homs' neighborhood of Bab Amr, where further troop reinforcements were dispatched

February 20, 2012

Iran ship
13:06 GMT

Two warships that Iran sent last week to the Mediterranean, arrived in the Syrian port of Tartus for a mission of "training" with the Syrian navy

Syria
07:34 GMT

Confessions made by Turkish officers arrested in Syria last week reveal that Tel Aviv is involved in the insurgency led by "armed gangs" in the country to overthrow the regime of Bashar Assad

February 19, 2012

Rally in Damascus
11:14 GMT

Egypt decided Sunday to recall its ambassador to Syria, announced the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

February 18, 2012

As Bashar al Assad follows in father's footsteps (the late Haafez al Assad had blood on his hands from Hama '82), keeping a deathly watch over his people as they are slaughtered, we ask what became of his Hippocratic oath. Assad Junior trained to save lives & sight as an eye doctor: medical care not military devastation was his calling.
22:31 GMT

Firmly into 2012, how are the Arab revolutions developing? We check in with some of the Arab protest pictures to gauge to what extent they have reached revolution saturation, or on the contrary are just getting started.

Syria
12:05 GMT

The Chinese envoy to Syria on Saturday called on the regime, opposition and rebels to "immediately stop the violence" in the wake of unprecedented demonstrations in Damascus.

February 17, 2012

Assad
17:58 GMT

Several neighborhoods of Damascus and Aleppo, Syria's second city, were shaken Friday by unprecedented demonstrations

Syria
08:25 GMT

The UN General Assembly on Thursday approved by a large majority a resolution condemning repression in Syria despite opposition from China and Russia.

February 16, 2012

Syria
15:28 GMT

Russia will not support the draft resolution on Syria that will be voted by the UN General Assembly Thursday, if it is "unfair" in its current form.

Syria
07:15 GMT

Currently, the diplomatic efforts regarding the growing crisis in Syria focus on the development of the idea of ​​Arab – U.N. force

February 15, 2012

Assad
13:12 GMT

Violence continues unabated in Syria.

February 14, 2012

Syria revolt
11:09 GMT

The Syrian army resumed Tuesday its attack on the rebel city of Homs.

February 13, 2012

Lavrov on Syria
14:57 GMT

Russia wants to continue cooperation with the Arab League to create conditions for dialogue between Syrians, said Monday the head of Russian diplomacy Sergei Lavrov.

Syria
07:32 GMT

Syrian forces resumed their bombing attack of the city of Homs on Monday

February 12, 2012

Syrian army
15:52 GMT

In a draft resolution, the Arab League on Sunday called on the UN to send peacekeepers to Syria.

Syrian tanks
11:52 GMT

The head of the Arab League observer mission to Syria, General Mohammed Ahmed Mustafa al-Dabi, resigned, a source told AFP on Sunday.

February 11, 2012

Aleppo blast
15:23 GMT

The official Syrian news agency said Saturday mid-day a army general was shot dead outside his home in Damascus.

Saudi Arabia
08:58 GMT

Clashes between protesters and police left a man dead in Saudi Arabia's eastern province of Qatif.

February 10, 2012

Aleppo blasts
10:18 GMT

The background of the recent explosions is unclear. In the past similar cases, the regime accused "terrorists" of being behind the blasts.

February 9, 2012

Assad
18:34 GMT

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reiterated to the grand mufti of Syria his full support in the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

Syria
11:33 GMT

At least 39 people were killed Thursday in the city of Homs in the fourth day of the massive attack by the Syrian regime forces

Homs
07:41 GMT

The U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that the head of the Arab League, Nabil Al-Arabi, had asked him Tuesday for UN cooperation to a new observer mission to Syria.

February 8, 2012

Syria
14:39 GMT

Syrian regime forces tightened the noose around the rebel city of Homs, determined to crush the resistance, activists said Wednesday.

Syria
07:32 GMT

Bombardment of the Syrian city of Homs by government forces killed at least 52 civilians overnight, activists in the city and opposition sources said on Wednesday.

February 7, 2012

Assad and Saudi King in better days
16:08 GMT

The Gulf monarchies announced Tuesday they had decided to expel the Syrian ambassadors from their countries and to withdraw their envoys to Damascus

Assad and Russian FM
12:46 GMT

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that he knows what he should do to ensure peace in his country.

Syria
07:18 GMT

At least 128 civilians were killed Monday in Syria, mostly in the bombing of the city of Homs and its province, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.