Army shells districts on outskirts of DamascusSYRIAN TROOPS were reported to have shelled areas south of the ring road that skirts the southern edge of Damascus yesterday …Thu Aug 23 2012 - 01:00
Syrian conflict spills over into LebanonFIGHTING IN Syria spilled over yesterday into north Lebanon where at least four people were killed and 60 wounded, including …Wed Aug 22 2012 - 01:00
Refugee crisis puts Syria's neighbours under strainAS THE last of the remaining United Nations monitors left Syria yesterday, opposition sources said fighting between troops and…Tue Aug 21 2012 - 01:00
Change of guard at UN as battle for Syria goes onAS PROTESTERS took to the streets in Hama and Damascus to call for his removal, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad attended prayers…Mon Aug 20 2012 - 01:00
Brotherhood backs Morsi's assertion of power over armyMUSLIM Brotherhood supporters massed in Cairo’s Tahrir Square yesterday to voice their approval of Egyptian president Mohamed…Sat Aug 18 2012 - 01:00
Meeting in Syria called off as states refuse to attendSYRIAN TROOPS and rebels clashed near Aleppo’s civilian and military airports east of the city yesterday, as Russia cancelled…Sat Aug 18 2012 - 01:00
UN to open Syria liaison office in place of monitorsTHE UN Security Council yesterday approved the opening in Damascus of a political liaison office, staffed by 20-30 political, …Fri Aug 17 2012 - 01:00
Bomb in tanker explodes near UN staff's hotelA BOMB exploded yesterday in central Damascus near the Dama Rose hotel, where UN monitors are based.Thu Aug 16 2012 - 01:00
Morsi's early moves diminish army's power over EgyptANALYSIS: The new president has made major shake-ups among his country’s top military personnelTue Aug 14 2012 - 01:00
Clashes in Syria continue as meeting is postponedAS CLASHES flared in the southwestern Salahuddin district of Aleppo from which rebels withdrew last week, the Arab League postponed…Mon Aug 13 2012 - 01:00
Driving through lawless land to a calmer BeirutI LEFT Damascus 45 minutes late because my driver was hunkered down at home in the Tal area north of the city during a bout of…Mon Aug 13 2012 - 01:00
A Damascene hotel haven that attracts locals fleeing the fightingTHE SULTAN is a small, family-run hotel in central Damascus near the old Hijaz railway stationSat Aug 11 2012 - 01:00
Rebels say pull-out not a surrender of AleppoCLASHES continued yesterday in portions of Aleppo’s Salahuddin district following the withdrawal of rebel forces on Thursday. “…Sat Aug 11 2012 - 01:00
Assad forces advance on Aleppo as rebels fleeBATTLE FOR ALEPPO: AS REBELS withdrew yesterday from the strategic Salahuddin district of Aleppo, Syria’s president, Bashar …Fri Aug 10 2012 - 01:00
'No one should be excluded from national dialogue'RECONCILIATION: Ali Haidar, whose son was killed in the war, has been given the job of promoting reconciliationFri Aug 10 2012 - 01:00
Syrian troops say they have retaken rebel strongholdGOVERNMENT TROOPS supported by armour have regained control of the rebel stronghold of Salaheddine on the southwestern edge of…Thu Aug 09 2012 - 01:00
PM's defection quite likely a personal not political choiceSYRIA’S INFORMATION minister, Omran Zoubi, declared yesterday that prime minister Riad Hijab had defected and accused him of …Wed Aug 08 2012 - 01:00
Assad vows to crush rebellion following defectionSYRIAN PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad vowed yesterday to crush the 17-month old rebellion and cleanse the country of what he termed…Wed Aug 08 2012 - 01:00
US says regime 'crumbling' after Syrian PM's defectionTHE WHITE House said yesterday the defection of Syria’s prime minister, Riad Hijab, showed that President Bashar al-Assad’s government…Tue Aug 07 2012 - 01:00
Syrian army strikes rebel forces in Aleppo from airSYRIAN WARPLANES struck rebel-held quarters of Aleppo yesterday ahead of an expected ground assault by thousands of troops deployed…Mon Aug 06 2012 - 01:00
UN General Assembly condemns security councilINTERNATIONAL RESPONSE: THE UNITED Nations General Assembly voted by a large majority in New York yesterday afternoon to condemn…Sat Aug 04 2012 - 01:00
Regime claws back districts of DamascusTHE STREETS of Syria’s capital echoed to the sounds of outgoing mortar rounds yesterday, shattering the weekly day of rest and…Sat Aug 04 2012 - 01:00
Violence spirals as soldiers execute fleeing local rebelsKHALED IS grim-faced when we meetFri Aug 03 2012 - 01:00
Opposition leader amazed at Europe policyOPPOSITION: PROMINENT DOMESTIC opposition figure Abdul Aziz al-Khair has expressed amazement at Europe’s policy toward the Syrian…Fri Aug 03 2012 - 01:00
Syria's Palestinian community caught in the cross-fireTHE ENTRANCE to Yarmouk is marked by a roundabout decorated with a curious ball sculpture and a burnt-out police station, protected…Thu Aug 02 2012 - 01:00
Regime urges UN to halt arms flow and promote talksTHE POLITICS: THE ESCALATING conflict in Syria has prompted the government to dispatch a letter to the UN Security Council demanding…Wed Aug 01 2012 - 01:00
UN observer tells of devastation at rebel positionsCONFIRMATION OF the devastating effects of the Syrian army assaults on rebel positions came yesterday from the head of the United…Tue Jul 31 2012 - 01:00
Syrian rebels fight for city amid hopes of a 'safe haven'FIGHTING CONTINUED in four rebel-infiltrated districts of Aleppo yesterday after US secretary of state Hillary Clinton expressed…Thu Jul 26 2012 - 01:00
Fighting intensifies in loyalist city of AleppoHEAVY FIGHTING yesterday engulfed Aleppo, Syria’s commercial hub, threatening to damage or destroy the old city, a world heritage…Wed Jul 25 2012 - 01:00
Syria claims its chemical weapons arsenal secureDAMASCUS YESTERDAY assured the international community its arsenal of chemical and biological weapons was secure and that it …Tue Jul 24 2012 - 01:00
Syrian army reasserts control over rebel areasTHE SYRIAN army yesterday reasserted control over several districts of the capital and nearby towns as rebels clashed with troops…Mon Jul 23 2012 - 01:00
Regime launches offensive in DamascusSYRIAN CLASHES: SYRIAN TROOPS yesterday launched an offensive in Damascus and the frontier provinces, reasserting control of…Sat Jul 21 2012 - 01:00
Army targets rebel enclaves in Damascus raidsSYRIAN GOVERNMENT forces went on the offensive yesterday following the rebel bombing that killed three members of president Bashar…Fri Jul 20 2012 - 01:00
EU prepares for possible influxREFUGEES: THE EUROPEAN Union is preparing for the possibility of having to deal with up to 200,000 refugees – EU passport-holders…Fri Jul 20 2012 - 01:00
Syrian bombing: Key regime figures killed in attackTHOUSANDS OF Syrians took to the streets of Damascus yesterday cheering and chanting after a bomber penetrated the city’s military…Thu Jul 19 2012 - 01:00
Russia accuses West of inciting Syrian oppositionRUSSIA HAS accused the West of inciting the Syrian rebels who killed four senior figures of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’…Thu Jul 19 2012 - 01:00
UN warns fighters in Syria not to kill civiliansUN HUMANITARIAN chief Valerie Amos yesterday warned combatants involved in the Syrian conflict to avoid loss of civilian life…Wed Jul 18 2012 - 01:00
Prospects of ending Syria deadlock poorAS FIGHTING erupted yesterday between troops and rebels around Damascus, largely free of violence over the past 16 months, diplomats…Tue Jul 17 2012 - 01:00
Syria denies it carried out massacre in TremsehDAMASCUS YESTERDAY denied the charge by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan that the army had used heavy weapons and helicopters …Mon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
Opposition in Syria say attack left 220 deadUNITED NATIONS observers in Syria yesterday described an attack on a village in the Hama region – where opposition sources say…Sat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
Russia, China unlikely to agree to UN chapter 7 resolutionANALYSIS: Some opposition groups could use Tremseh to put pressure on UN for resolution that includes military sanctionSat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
Syria threatens to punish defectorSYRIA’S FOREIGN ministry yesterday said that Nawaf al-Fares, the country’s defecting ambassador to Iraq, had been “relieved of…Fri Jul 13 2012 - 01:00
Flow of weapons being used as bargaining toolANALYSIS : The slowing of arms supplies to Syrian rebels could be seen as a way to get them to agree to talksFri Jul 13 2012 - 01:00
Morsi visit aimed at easing Saudi tiesON HIS first visit abroad since his inauguration, Egypt’s president, Mohamed Morsi, yesterday travelled to Saudi Arabia for meetings…Thu Jul 12 2012 - 01:00
Egypt parliament calls on appeals court to rule on dissolutionPOLITICIANS IN Egypt met in formal session yesterday long enough to defy the military and the supreme constitutional court by…Wed Jul 11 2012 - 01:00
Annan holds 'constructive' talks with Assad on ending violenceIN DAMASCUS to revive his six-point peace plan, UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said yesterday that he had “candid and constructive…Tue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00
Showdown over power looms in Egypt after court rulingEGYPT’S SUPREME constitutional court yesterday upheld a previous ruling that the election of the lower house of parliament was…Tue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00
Conference promises to boost aid to Syrian rebelsTHE FRIENDS of Syria conference in Paris yesterday demanded President Bashar al-Assad stand down, urged implementation of the…Sat Jul 07 2012 - 01:00
Syrian violence escalating, says head of UN teamCHIEF OF the UN monitoring mission in Syria Gen Robert Mood yesterday declared that violence had escalated to an unprecedented…Fri Jul 06 2012 - 01:00
UN general criticises empty talk on SyriaNORWEGIAN GENERAL Robert Mood, head of the UN monitoring mission in Syria, has accused representatives of the world powers of…Thu Jul 05 2012 - 01:00
