The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation suspended Syria on Thursday, saying the Muslim world can no longer accept a government that ‘massacres its people’, further isolating the embattled regime.

Syrian combat aircraft and artillery pounded two areas of Aleppo on Tuesday as the army battled for control of the country's biggest city, but rebel fighters said troops loyal to President Bashar al-A

A blast hit troops escorting UN observers in Syria's restive south on Wednesday, a day after envoy Kofi Annan warned his peace plan could be the last chance to avoid civil war.

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Syrian troops massed around Homs, sparking calls on Monday for women and children to flee the besieged flashpoint city, as Iranian warships docked at the port of Tartus in a show of force.

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Checkpoints every 300 metres, walls of sandbags, sounds of gunfire and the rumbling of tanks: the towns of Harasta, Douma and Sakba, all less than 15 km north of Damascus, are under siege.

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Syrian forces were accused of firing nail bombs to disperse protesters on Friday as tens of thousands flooded the streets across the country in a bid to make their voices heard by Arab monitors.

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