A UN humanitarian team was on Sunday in Syria to assess crisis needs as President Bashar al-Assad prepared to speak to the nation after Western leaders called for his resignation over his regime's bru

Syrian forces killed dozens of protesters on Friday despite assurances by President Bashar al-Assad that a crackdown was over, and thousands of people rallied across the Arab nation with renewed vigor

The United States and European Union called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down on Thursday and President Barack Obama accused him of 'torturing and slaughtering' his people in what U.N.

The United Nations today said it is 'temporarily' withdrawing some of its staff from Syria amid concerns over the violent crackdown on civilian demonstrators by the authorities in the country.

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A Canadian who was jailed and tortured in his native Syria for nearly two years has accused Canada of "indirectly financing" the regime in Damascus through its oil and gas industry.

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As the US mobilses international support against the authoritarian Syrian regime, the Obama Administration wants India and China, the two countries having major investment in Syria's energy sector, to step up pressure on President Bashar al-Assad to curtail his government's brutal crackdown on protests, secretary of state Hillary Clinton has said.

Seeking wider global action against Syria for its violent crackdown on anti-regime protesters, the US has said it wants India and China, which have large energy investments in that country, to tak

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait recalled their envoys to Damascus after the Arab League condemned violence in Syria, leaving President Bashar al-Assad further isolated as he defended his crackdown on 'outlaws

Syria's government has shown off TV and still images of burned buildings and rubble-strewn streets empty of people in Hama, the epicentre of anti-regime protests, claiming it was putting an end to the

More than 90 people were killed today as the Syrian military launched an attack on the flashpoint protest city of Hama on the eve of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a human rights activist said.