Broad welcome but some muted doubtsMiddle East: Barack Obama’s re-election was widely welcomed in the Middle East, although Arabs and Muslims have expressed disappointment…Thu Nov 08 2012 - 00:00
Damascus car bomb wounds 11A car bomb exploded yesterday outside a central Damascus hotel, wounding 11, as rebels claimed the capture of an oil field and…Mon Nov 05 2012 - 00:00
Executions of Syrian troops 'a potential war crime'HUMANITARIAN ORGANISATIONS yesterday condemned video images of rebels executing captured Syrian soldiers after insurgents overran…Sat Nov 03 2012 - 00:00
Conflict inflicting collateral damage on IraqFOR AT least a year Iraq has been suffering increasing spillover from the deepening conflict in SyriaThu Nov 01 2012 - 00:00
Ceasefire in Syria ends in air raids and car bombingsSYRIA’S FOUR-DAY holiday ceasefire ended with a reported 60 air raids, shelling, car bombs in the Damascus area and an artillery…Tue Oct 30 2012 - 00:00
Syrian ceasefire broken by clashes and air raidsSYRIA’S HOLIDAY ceasefire was yesterday broken both by regime troops and rebels as military aircraft bombed restive towns near…Mon Oct 29 2012 - 00:00
Clashes despite ceasefire on Syrian feast daySYRIA’S CEASEFIRE was broken by scattered clashes yesterday but a fall in the level of fighting prompted festive anti-government…Sat Oct 27 2012 - 01:00
Syrian military agrees ceasefire as rebel forces make strategic gainsTHE SYRIAN military yesterday announced it would observe a ceasefire from 6am today until Monday as rebel forces made strategic…Fri Oct 26 2012 - 01:00
Final decision on Syrian ceasefire to be given todayUN-ARAB LEAGUE envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said yesterday that the Syrian government had agreed to a ceasefire but shortly after his…Thu Oct 25 2012 - 01:00
Blast at Syrian army site as UN seeks ceasefireTHERE WERE reports of an explosion yesterday near Damascus at the headquarters of the Syrian army’s fourth armoured division …Wed Oct 24 2012 - 01:00
Protecting Palestinians from turmoilPalestinian refugees are increasingly suffering from the effects of the Syrian civil warTue Oct 23 2012 - 01:00
Damascus car bomb kills 13 in Christian quarter of old cityA CAR bomb has killed 13 people and injured 29 near a police station in the Christian St Thomas’s Gate quarter of Damascus’s …Mon Oct 22 2012 - 01:00
Turkish minister calls for 'humanitarian mission inside Syria'TURKISH FOREIGN minister Ahmet Davutoglu has reiterated his call for direct western humanitarian intervention in Syria.Sat Oct 20 2012 - 01:00
28,000 activists claimed 'disappeared' in SyriaHUMAN RIGHTS groups operating inside Syria say as many as 28,000 opposition activists and suspected supporters have been forcibly…Fri Oct 19 2012 - 01:00
Syrian rebels reject ceasefire callSYRIAN REBEL forces yesterday dismissed a call by UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi for a ceasefire in Syria by Eid al-Adha…Tue Oct 16 2012 - 01:00
Syria increasing cluster bomb use, says rights groupHUMAN RIGHTS Watch reports that the Syrian air force has dramatically increased its use of cluster bombs in recent days.Mon Oct 15 2012 - 01:00
Slow pace of reform tests patience of JordaniansJORDAN HAS weathered the Arab Spring without falling victim to the hurricanes sweeping Tunisia, Egypt and Syria but Jordanians…Fri Oct 12 2012 - 01:00
Syrian refugees ponder life after AssadAmid swirling sand, life goes on as cafes are set up and Syrians avail of medical aidWed Oct 10 2012 - 01:00
Fall of rebel stronghold could hasten Syrian ceasefireTHE LIKELY fall of the rebel stronghold in Homs and the suggestion that Turkey and the expatriate opposition could compromise…Tue Oct 09 2012 - 01:00
Jordanians rally to protest at slow pace of reformJORDANIANS STAGED their largest post-Arab Spring demonstration yesterday in central Amman in response to a call from the Islamic…Sat Oct 06 2012 - 01:00
Amnesty accuses Egypt of police and army abusesAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL is calling on Egypt’s president Muhammad Morsi to tackle the country’s “bloody legacy of human rights abuses…Wed Oct 03 2012 - 01:00
Unesco appeals to Syrian fighters to spare heritage sitesCLASHES AND fresh fires broke out yesterday in the old city of Aleppo where entire sectors of the 13th-century bazaar, a Unesco…Tue Oct 02 2012 - 01:00
Historic Aleppo market ravaged by fireAL-MADINA OF Aleppo, Syria’s most populous city and its commercial capital, was the world’s largest covered market – until entire…Mon Oct 01 2012 - 01:00
Attack close to Turkish border with Syria kills at least fourA SUICIDE bomber yesterday blew himself up outside a police headquarters in the northeastern city of Qamishli, killing at least…Mon Oct 01 2012 - 01:00
Syrian loyalists repel rebel attack on AleppoA FRONTAL assault launched by rebels in an attempt to regain lost ground in the northern city of Aleppo has dissolved into street…Sat Sept 29 2012 - 01:00
Rebels in 'decisive battle' for AleppoTHE TAWHID Brigade of the rebel Free Syrian Army yesterday announced the beginning of a “decisive battle” for Aleppo, saying …Fri Sept 28 2012 - 01:00
Syrian army command bombed in DamascusTWIN BOMB blasts at the Syrian army staff headquarters on Umayyad Square yesterday shook central Damascus and triggered a two…Thu Sept 27 2012 - 01:00
Syrian children 'tortured and traumatised'A REPORT by Save the Children has described how Syrian children, now living as refugees in Jordan’s Zaatari camp, were abused…Wed Sept 26 2012 - 01:00
Syria's domestic opposition urges end of regime and 'all its symbols'SYRIAN DOMESTIC opposition figures meeting in Damascus yesterday called for the ejection of the government of President Bashar…Mon Sept 24 2012 - 01:00
15 die in Pakistan during film protestsAT LEAST 15 people died in Pakistan yesterday during protests against a US-made film denigrating IslamSat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
Key members of Syrian opposition detained at airportTWO LEADING figures in Syria’s domestic opposition group were seized while leaving Damascus airport having returned from China…Sat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
Syrian blast at petrol station kills at least 50AT LEAST 50 Syrians were reported to have been killed and many others wounded by an explosion at a petrol station at Ain Issa…Fri Sept 21 2012 - 01:00
Fighting erupts at Syria-Turkey border postTWO BOMBS exploded in the Damascus suburb of Qudsayya yesterday, reportedly causing many casualtiesThu Sept 20 2012 - 01:00
Free Syrian Army offers reward of $25m to kill AssadSYRIAN TROOPS have clashed with rebels in northern districts of Aleppo as the rebel Free Syrian Army offered a reward of $25 …Wed Sept 19 2012 - 01:00
UN report backs claims of war crimes in SyriaUNITED NATIONS investigators say they have expanded a secret list of Syrians and military units suspected of committing war crimes…Tue Sept 18 2012 - 01:00
Pope urges Middle East peace in Beirut MassPOPE BENEDICT XVI yesterday celebrated a Mass attended by hundreds of thousands of people on Beirut’s seafront and called for…Mon Sept 17 2012 - 01:00
Fury at Muhammad film spreads across Islamic worldUS PRESIDENT Barack Obama yesterday received the bodies of murdered Libyan embassy staff at Andrews airbase outside Washington…Sat Sept 15 2012 - 01:00
Middle East violence escalates over filmPROTESTS ACROSS the Muslim world have been led by Egyptian youths rallying for the fourth day outside the US embassy in Cairo…Sat Sept 15 2012 - 01:00
Widespread protests at denigration of prophetPROTESTS ARE expected today after noon prayers across the Muslim world against a US-made film denigrating the prophet Muhammad…Fri Sept 14 2012 - 01:00
Rebels claimed to have killed 18 soldiers in car bombSYRIAN REBELS have reportedly killed 18 soldiers in the northern province of Idlib by detonating a car bomb near an army post…Thu Sept 13 2012 - 01:00
Bickering within Syrian opposition prompts axing of talksA REPEATEDLY postponed Syrian political opposition conference scheduled for today in Damascus has been cancelledWed Sept 12 2012 - 01:00
UN-Arab League envoy to visit Syria on 'very difficult mission'UN-ARAB LEAGUE envoy Lakhdar Brahimi will travel to Damascus in coming days to meet officials and civil society groups.Tue Sept 11 2012 - 01:00
Clinton and Russia air differences over SyriaFIGHTING BETWEEN troops and rebels flared yesterday in Aleppo and southern districts of Damascus as differences between the US…Mon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00
Deadly Damascus clashes as Egypt call angers SyriaFIVE SOLDIERS and a civilian were killed when a motorcycle exploded outside a mosque in a northern Damascus district yesterday…Sat Sept 08 2012 - 01:00
Army shells Damascus suburb as rebels urge fighters to respect rightsSYRIAN TROOPS battled rebels street by street in Aleppo as at least five people were reported killed by shelling in the Yarmouk…Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
Syrian regime should quit, says Egypt presidentEGYPTIAN PRESIDENT Mohamed Morsi yesterday called for a “change” of government in Syria and said no more time should be wasted…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
100,000 Syrian refugees fled country in August aloneA TOTAL of 100,000 Syrian refugees fled their country during August, according to the UN High Commission for Refugees, the highest…Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
Airstrike on rebel-held town kills 25, say reportsAN AIRSTRIKE yesterday on a rebel-held town in northern Syria is reported to have killed at least 25 people and a car bomb five…Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
Key Damascus army compound shaken by rebel blastsRESPONSIBILITY FOR twin explosions at a military facility in the heart of Damascus has been claimed by the Grandchildren of the…Mon Sept 03 2012 - 01:00
Syrian rebels form council as civilians' plight worsensOPPOSITION FORCES proclaimed the formation of a “Revolutionary Transitional Council” in Aleppo province as rebels mounted an …Sat Sept 01 2012 - 01:00
