Syria rebels say fighting army in Salaheddine
Syrian rebels said they had regained control over parts of a strategic district of Aleppo on Thursday after countering a sustained assault by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces seeking to retake Syria’s More...
Annan arrives in Damascus, Syria tests missiles
Report by Oliver Holmes (Reuters) – Kofi Annan is due to hold talks on Monday with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who said U.S. political support for “terrorists” was hindering the peace envoy’s More...
Turkish, Syrian forces seek downed Turkish jet
Report by Jonathon Burch and Erika Solomon (Reuters) – Turkey and Syria said their navies were jointly searching on Saturday for Turkish airmen shot down by Syria over the Mediterranean, while nearby Turkish More...
How the New Revolutions May Have Failed
Column Stephen Suleyman Schwartz At mid-June, the wave of democratic revolutions in “pre-emerging” countries – those that have not yet reached the status of “emerging economies” – had seemingly come More...
45 killed in Homs amid Annan’s two-day visit
Damascus, SYRIA – At least 45 women and children were killed in the Syrian city of Homs, opposition activists said Monday, as the UN-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan met President Bashar al-Assad to find More...
Russia, China decline to participate in an international meet on Syria
Damascus, SYRIA – People’s Republic of China has joined Russia on Tuesday while declining to participate in an international meet on Syria. On a day at least 21 people are reported to be killed, a majority More...
UN General Assembly Endorses Arab League’s Plan; Asks Syrian President to Stepdown
United Nations General Assembly New York, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – The United Nations (UN) General Assembly with an overwhelming majority has passed a non-binding resolution endorsing Arab League’s More...
Chinese envoy in Syria to mediate crisis
China has faced a great deal of criticism for its veto of a U.N. resolution on Syria. It plans to send an envoy to Damascus in a bid to find a solution to the crisis. (Reuters) Beijing, CHINA – After More...
China defends Syria; doubts intention of the west
Beijing (China) – China’s state-run media on Monday defended the government’s rejection of a UN resolution pressing Syrian President Bashar Assad to abandon power, saying Western intervention More...
UNSC closing in on Syria
New York – United Nations Security Council (UNSC) may soon vote on a draft resolution to supports an Arab League plan to “facilitate” a political transition in Syria while removing all references More...
