Monday 02 July 2012
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Turkish ambassador: UN must unite against Assad
01 Jul 2012
Syria dispatch: rebels are better armed and stronger by the day
Syria's president Bashar al-Assad says his country is at war. Rebels in Idlib province who are better armed, more numerous and stronger by the day agree, reports the BBC's Ian Pannell.
01 Jul 2012
| CommentsGeneva meeting agrees 'transition plan' to Syria unity government
World powers meeting in Geneva to try to agree a peace plan for Syria said they had come up with a transition plan and that regime figures could join a new government of national unity.
30 Jun 2012
Syria now officially at war, says President Bashar Assad
Diplomats try again for peace but on the ground in Syria it is now war
30 Jun 2012
Syria: Clinton and Lavrov inch closer towards deal on peace plan
Hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough over the civil war in Syria rose on Friday after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held crisis talks with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.
29 Jun 2012
World powers to push Russia on Syria solution
World and regional powers gather at an emergency summit in Switzerland on Saturday amid cautious hopes that Russia will loosen its support for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and back a plan for a transitional government.
29 Jun 2012
Clinton and Lavrov set for showdown over Syria transition plan
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov are due to meet later on Friday as major powers prepared for a weekend conference to hash out a plan for President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power.
29 Jun 2012
Syrian tanks 'amass on border' as Assad threatens opposition
Syrian government forces have massed 170 tanks north of the city of Aleppo, close to the Turkish border, according to the rebel Free Syrian Army.
29 Jun 2012
Bashar al-Assad: we will 'annihilate terrorists' in Syria
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he had a duty to "annihilate terrorists" to protect his people and ruled out any solution to the crisis imposed from outside the country.
28 Jun 2012
Russia rejects reports over UN peace plan for Syria
Russia has firmly rejected reports that it was preparing to endorse a UN peace plan in Syria that could see President Bashar al-Assad removed from power.
28 Jun 2012
Turkey's army gathers on Syrian border
Bashar al-Assad was left facing the biggest test of the 15-month uprising against his rule on Thursday night as the Turkish army began gathering on the Syrian border and rebels struck again at the heart of Damascus.
28 Jun 2012
Explosion rocks Syria's capital Damascus
A powerful blast has hit a car park near the Justice Palace near the Syrian capital's famous Hamidiyeh Market.
28 Jun 2012
Hamas member 'killed in Syria'
A senior Hamas member has reportedly been killed in a suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus, with the group immediately accusing Mossad, Israel's spy agency, of carrying out the attack.
28 Jun 2012
Turkey beefs up Syria defences
Turkey has sent missile batteries, tanks and troops to the border with Syria as a "security corridor", almost a week after the Syrian downing of a Turkish military jet, according to reports.
28 Jun 2012
Powerful blast hits Damascus
A strong explosion rocked the Syrian capital on Thursday, sending black smoke billowing into the sky.
28 Jun 2012
Russia's support for Assad could be slipping
Russia and other major powers have told Kofi Annan that they support his idea of a Syrian national unity cabinet that could include government and opposition members, according to diplomatic sources.
28 Jun 2012
Syrian transitional government 'may include Assad followers'
Kofi Annan proposes setting up transitional government that could include followers of President Bashar al-Assad and opposition members in a bid to end the country's war.
28 Jun 2012
Turkey sends rocket launchers to Syrian border
Turkey deploys rocket launchers and artillery down to bases near the Syrian border as rhetoric from Ankara increases over tensions.
27 Jun 2012
US condemns the storming of a pro-Assad TV station
The White House says that responsibility for escalating violence in Syria ultimately rests with President Bashar al-Assad's tactics against the anti-government insurgents.
27 Jun 2012
Kofi Annan calls emergency meeting on Syrian crisis
Kofi Annan summons world powers after rebels launch strike on a pro-government television station in Damascus.
27 Jun 2012
Annan calls emergency Syria summit as seven are killed in raid
Rising violence forces the UN envoy to summon permanent UN Security Council members after rebels launch bold attack on a pro-Assad television station.
27 Jun 2012
Medics found tortured and killed in Syria
Three medics were tortured and killed in Syria after their arrest in the city of Aleppo, Amnesty International said last night as it condemned the "appalling disregard" for the safety of health workers.
27 Jun 2012
Bashar al-Assad: Syria is in 'a state of war'
Bashar al-Assad admitted Syria was in "a state of war" on Tuesday as rebel forces clashed with the military in the suburbs of Damascus and Turkey toughened the rules of engagement for its troops on the countries' shared border.
26 Jun 2012
Turkey warns Syria on military movements
Turkey says the rules of engagement along the border with Syria have changed, following the downing of a Turkish military jet.
26 Jun 2012
Syrian prisoners left to die in military hospital 'dark rooms'
Syrian prisoners were left to die in military hospital 'dark rooms', while others were drugged to stop them speaking with international observers, a defecting military doctor has told The Daily Telegraph.
26 Jun 2012
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