Syrian tank fire killed at least three people in the city of Homs early on Friday as security forces pursued a violent crackdown on protesters despite a government agreement with the Arab League to st

The Arab League handed Syrian officials a plan for ending seven months of increasingly violent unrest against President Bashar al-Assad's rule, and Assad told Russian Television he would cooperate wit

US envoy to Syria Robert Ford, an open critic of President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on political dissent, has gone on indefinite leave for security reasons, an embassy official said on Monday.

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The killing of Libya's Muammar Gaddafi fueled anti-government rallies across Syria after Friday prayers and security forces killed 25 people in a continued crackdown on protesters seeking President Ba

Arab League officials say Arab foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting to discuss whether to suspend Syria from the organisation to pressure Damascus to end the deadly crackdown on anti-gover

More than 3,000 people have been killed in Syria since popular protests broke out in mid-March, the UN human rights chief said Friday, urging international action to prevent civil war in the country.

Syria will shortly present the United Nations with a list of more than 1,100 people it says have been killed by 'terrorists' in ongoing unrest in the country, its deputy foreign minister said on Frida

Syrian state television has aired an interview with a woman who had reportedly been found decapitated, armless and skinned in a morgue last month, amid a deadly protest crackdown.

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Security forces in Syria shot dead at least 20 people around the central city of Hama on Monday, a rights group said, as activists called for a day of protest against Russia for backing the regime.

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The Arab League announced early on Sunday a peace initiative to solve the crisis in Syria as more people were killed by government forces and activists called for prayers for the 'martyrs.'

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