Syria
February 22, 2012
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.
07:30 GMT
Some 100 people were still killed yesterday in Syria.
February 21, 2012
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.
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
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
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
11:14 GMT
Egypt decided Sunday to recall its ambassador to Syria, announced the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
February 18, 2012
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.
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
17:58 GMT
Several neighborhoods of Damascus and Aleppo, Syria's second city, were shaken Friday by unprecedented demonstrations
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
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.
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
February 14, 2012
11:09 GMT
The Syrian army resumed Tuesday its attack on the rebel city of Homs.
February 13, 2012
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.
07:32 GMT
Syrian forces resumed their bombing attack of the city of Homs on Monday
February 12, 2012
15:52 GMT
In a draft resolution, the Arab League on Sunday called on the UN to send peacekeepers to Syria.
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
15:23 GMT
The official Syrian news agency said Saturday mid-day a army general was shot dead outside his home in Damascus.
08:58 GMT
Clashes between protesters and police left a man dead in Saudi Arabia's eastern province of Qatif.
February 10, 2012
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
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.
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
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
14:39 GMT
Syrian regime forces tightened the noose around the rebel city of Homs, determined to crush the resistance, activists said Wednesday.
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
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
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.
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.
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