Bashar al-Assad
Three hundred killed in single day in Syria, group says
More than 300 people were killed in Syria on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, in one of the bloodiest days in the 18-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
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Ban, Brahimi meet to discuss Syria
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi met on Saturday to discuss the situation in Syria, expressing hope that an upcoming UN General Assembly summit will help imp
Peace envoy Brahimi set to meet Syria’s Assad
International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi was set to meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Saturday, hoping to breathe life into stalled peace efforts, as fighting rages in Damascus and beyond.
UN chief demands justice for Syria 'war crimes'
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon called on Monday for all war criminals in Syria to be brought to justice, as his human rights chief urged a probe into the slaughter of hundreds in the town of Daraya.
Canada breaks off relations with Iran
Canada closed its Tehran embassy on Friday and ordered Iranian diplomats be expelled, in a damning severance of ties in which it accused the Islamic Republic of being the biggest threat to world peace
UN envoy to Assad: Change is urgently needed
The U.N.'s new envoy to Syria said on Saturday that President Bashar Assad's regime should realize that the need for change was both 'urgent' and 'necessary' and that it must meet the 'legitimate' dem
Evidence mounts of new massacre in Syria
Row upon row of bloodied bodies wrapped in colorful blankets laid out on a mosque floor in a Damascus suburb. Long narrow graves tightly packed with dozens of victims.
Nestled among them, two babies
UN observers wind up Syria mission
UN observers wind up their mission in Syria on Sunday, after Damascus denied opposition claims that top regime official Vice-President Faruq al-Shara had defected as its armed forces pounded rebels in
U.S., Turkey to study Syria no-fly zone
The United States and Turkey indicated they were studying a range of possible measures over Syria, including a no-fly zone, as battles between rebels and President Bashar al-Assad's forces shook Aleppo and the heart of Damascus.
Syrian and Jordanian forces clash in border area
Fighting broke out between Jordanian and Syrian forces in a border region between the two countries overnight, but a Jordanian source said on Saturday no one on Jordan's side appeared to have been killed.
