Time is running out for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said on Friday amid reports of anti-regime protests in the country’s second city Aleppo.

Syrian security forces shot dead 14 protesters on Friday as tens of thousands of anti-regime demonstrators surged onto the streets after weekly Muslim prayers, and Europe condemned Damascus over its "

British foreign secretary William Hague said today that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must implement reforms in his country or step aside, as the embattled leader prepared to make a major speech.

Syrian forces shot dead 16 people on Friday when they fired on protesters demanding the removal of President Bashar al-Assad, activists said, and European powers said Damascus should face tougher sanc

An envoy of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was to hold talks on Wednesday with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan who has been urging the Damascus regime to halt its crackdown on protesters.

Sending a tough message to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, the White House has said that the Arab leader has two choices — either to be part of the transition or get out of the way.

Syrian activists called protests on Friday over the dozens of children killed in anti-government protests after the opposition demanded President Bashar al-Assad’s “immediate resignation.”

Syrian forces raided the hotbed city of Banias on Saturday and killed at least three protesters, activists said as President Bashar al-Assad's opponents proposed he offer elections to end the crisis.

The United States has ordered embassy families and some staff out of Syria as it has hardened its tone on Damascus's crackdown on protests without calling for President Bashar al-Assad to go.

President Bashar al-Assad said on Saturday the emergency law in force in Syria for nearly 50 years will be abolished within a week, and expressed his sadness at the deaths of protesters.

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