Mortar fire killed 105 people and left hundreds more injured in a ‘massacre’ in the central Syrian city of Homs late on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

The group said the mortar

Fresh bloodshed swept Syria as the West and Arab League kept up their push for quick UN action to stop the regime's 'killing machine,' but holdout Russia vowed to veto any 'unacceptable' proposal.

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France and US upped pressure on United Nations to take action on Syria.

Foreign Minister Alain Juppe on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to end its 'scandalous silence' over bloodshed in Syria b

At least 66 people, including 26 civilians, were killed in violence across Syria on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

The London-based rights group said 26 soldiers, five other me

The Arab League suspended its controversial observer mission in Syria on Saturday as the bloodshed in a crackdown on anti-regime protests spiked and the death toll in four days topped 210.

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The US State Department has said it is considering closing its embassy in Damascus over growing safety concerns as the death toll mounts in the Syrian regime's crackdown on pro-democracy protests.

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An estimated 400 people, an average of 40 a day, have been killed in Syria in the days following the arrival of the Arab League monitors in the country, a top UN official has said.

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Heavy gunfire in Syria's flashpoint central city Homs killed 13 people on Monday in the Sunni district of Baba Amro, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a statement.

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Syrian pro-democracy activists plan to rally after midday prayers on Friday against an Arab League observer mission they say will stall tougher action against the government over its opposition crackd

Arab League officials arrive in Syria on Thursday to prepare for monitors overseeing an Arab peace plan, after activists said President Bashar al-Assad's forces carried out the deadliest assault in th