Enough evidence to charge Syria's Assad: UN rights chief
There is enough evidence to bring human rights charges against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over his crackdown on protesters, UN rights chief Navi Pillay said in comments broadcast Wednesday.
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Arabs meet to push Syria peace plan, violence unabated
Fighting between Syrian security forces and rebels killed at least 13 people on Thursday as Arab leaders gathered at a summit in Baghdad to press Damascus for rapid implementation of a peace plan that
EU slaps sanctions on Assad's family; mortars hit Homs
The European Union slapped sanctions on President Bashar al-Assad's powerful mother and wife on Friday, targeting his inner circle in an effort to force Syria to end its repression of a year-long upri
Ambushed, outgunned, Syrian rebels plead for arms
Puffing hard on a cigarette, the Syrian rebel relived the moment earlier this week when his band of fighters was caught in Syrian army crossfire as they tried to smuggle a wounded comrade over the hil
EU to impose travel, shopping ban on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's wife
European Union states are set to ban Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's wife Asma from travel to and shopping in the EU, diplomats said, cranking up pressure on his government to end a bloody crackdow
No Russian asylum for Syrian president: Minister
Moscow has not told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to leave Syria and take refuge in Russia, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
"Nobody invited him to Moscow," Lavrov said, answering a question o
Assad’s wife ‘could face jail for lavish spending on Internet shopping’
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s wife Asma could face a two-year prison sentence for spending tens of thousands of pounds on lavish accessories, as her online shopping sprees may have broken financi
Two bombings rock Damascus: state TV
Twin bombings in the Syrian capital early on Saturday killed police and civilians, state television said, without giving any immediate breakdown, as fears mounted Al-Qaeda is trying to exploit the yea
Assad’s private mails turn public property
The life of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his British-born wife Asma has been revealed in detail as thousands of emails, purported to be from private email accounts of the Assads and their clos
Assad replies to UN proposals to end bloodshed
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad responded on Tuesday to UN-Arab League proposals for an end to the bloodshed in Syria even as monitors said nearly 50 more people were killed and a pro-regime daily re