Syria

March 21, 2013

Nesirky said he had briefed Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Jaafari's comments to reporters.
05:06 GMT

The United Nations says Syria has made no formal request for a UN investigation into government claims that opposition rebels have used chemical weapons.

March 20, 2013

Laura Abu Assad will star in Friendly Borders
12:07 GMT

The series was originally titled Friendly Fire but the title was scrapped and changed to Friendly Borders by the director.

Syrian star Abbas Al Nouri has bagged a spot on this year's Ramadan TV lineup with a starring role in hot new drama 'Sukar Wasat' (Half Sweetened).
11:51 GMT

Syrian star Abbas Al Nouri has bagged a spot on this year's Ramadan TV lineup with a starring role in hot new drama 'Sukar Wasat' (Half Sweetened).

Maha al Masri
08:50 GMT

Syrian celebs come under fire for caring more about disabled kids in Dubai than the devastation in their own country.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) attends a special Knesset (Israeli parliament) session in Jerusalem. (TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON)
06:57 GMT

Netanyahu has not yet responded to the invitation, which arrived on his desk on Wednesday.

March 19, 2013

Lebanon's President, Michel Sleiman, described Syria's airstrike on Lebanon as "unacceptable"
16:06 GMT

Lebanon's President, Michel Sleiman, slammed a Syrian airstrike on Lebanese territory as “unacceptable,” while Damascus denied any attack of that nature.

A Syrian rebel aims his weapon as he takes position behind a makeshift barricade during clashes with regime forces in the Salaheddine district of Aleppo. (AFP PHOTO/JM LOPEZ)
13:25 GMT

According to the opposition commander for the province of Aleppo, the attack came from regime forces.

Syria's main opposition National Council chief Moaz al-Khatib (L) congratulates Syrian communications executive, Ghassan Hitto, after the National Council elected him as prime minister. (AFP PHOTO/OZAN KOSE)
11:30 GMT

According to the pro-regime site, members of the opposition have fired chemical weapons in Aleppo province.

Mai Ezz Eldin
09:20 GMT

Despite all the drama between the Syrian actress and her country's politics, young Mai won't be put off.

Lebanese trucks used to travel freely between to and from Syria (Daily Star)
07:14 GMT

Border crossings with Lebanon remain shut as exporters told to find another route.

 Suheir Attasi (L1) , Mostafa Sabbagh Syrian opposition's National Coalition chief Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib (CL) , Mostafa Sabbah(CR) and George Sebra (R) attend Syria's opposition coalition meeting on Monday in Istanbul to choose their first prime minister. (Photo: AFP / OZAN KOSE)
05:21 GMT

Syrian opposition coalition members on Tuesday elected former businessman Ghassan Hitto as provisional prime minister in a meeting in Istanbul.

March 18, 2013

Arsal village in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon (The Daily Star)
18:10 GMT

The Syrian planes bombed two locations in Arsal, 5km from the Syrian borders

Asma Assad and her children attend a fundraising event in Damascus
12:02 GMT

Bashar Al Assad's other half took their kids to a fundraising event held in Damascus

Thousands of refugees entered Jordan from Syria last weekend (Photo UNHCR/B. Sokol)
08:43 GMT

Around 160,000 Syrian refugees are working without proper documentation in Jordan having fled the violence in their home country.

A Syrian rebel aims his weapon as he takes position behind a makeshift barricade during clashes with regime forces in the Salaheddine district of Aleppo in northern Syria on Saturday. (Photo: AFP / JM LOPEZ)
05:07 GMT

Twelve candidates are running for interim prime minister of a government to rule rebel-controlled areas in Syria.