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July 29th, 2018 - 01:19 GMT

Why Trump's NATO Styled 'Middle East Strategic Alliance' (MESA) is Wildly Dumb

Trump is letting autocratic regimes off the hook for human rights abuses in a bid to cement an anti-Iran alliance.

International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi called on Sunday for talks between the Syrian opposition and an 'acceptable delegation' from the Damascus government on a political solution to the country’s 23-month-old civil war.

February 18th, 2013 - 05:00 GMT

Syria envoy urges talks between Syrian opposition and regime

Syrian rebels drive a T-72 tank, captured from government forces two months ago, in the village of Kfarruma in the flashpoint Syrian province of Idlib near the border with Turkey, on Monday (AFP Photo/Daniel Leal-Olivas)

February 13th, 2013 - 12:05 GMT

U.N.'s Pillay says Syria death toll likely near 70,000

The death toll in the Syria conflict has reached at least 60,000.

January 3rd, 2013 - 05:08 GMT

UN: More than 60,000 killed in bloody Syria uprising, war

Each death stings in Syria, even after 60,000 slain.

January 3rd, 2013 - 12:33 GMT

Over 60,000 Syrians dead since conflict began

Where have all the protestors gone?

July 1st, 2012 - 05:29 GMT

Sudan protests: 1000s taken away to sinister 'ghost houses'

Putin and Obama

June 19th, 2012 - 06:20 GMT

93 dead as Putin, Obama agree on "many points" regarding Syria

Assad

March 29th, 2012 - 07:44 GMT

Despite accepting UN plan, Syrian army continues raids

The national electricity network, already working to its limits - power cuts in poorer neighbourhoods were not uncommon even before the crisis - has been pushed over the edge

December 14th, 2011 - 05:20 GMT

Power cuts and fuel shortages from sanctions take toll on Syrian economy

Anti Israeli protest

May 31st, 2010 - 09:55 GMT

World in shock following brutal Israeli raid on aid ships

June 22nd, 2009 - 10:11 GMT

Hundreds arrested after weekend protests in Tehran