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Syria: 48 Iranian pilgrims kidnapped near Damascus

Forty eight Iranian pilgrims have been kidnapped from a bus in the vicinity of a shrine near the Syrian capital Damascus

…a. Moscow’s UN envoy, Vitaly Churkin, told reporters the resolution was one-sided and supported the armed opposition. Western nations praised the resolution, which passed by 133 votes to 12 with 31 abstentions. It criticizes both the UN’s own Security Council and the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for its use of violence. The assembly debated the resolution, which was p…

Nawaf al-Fares, Syria‘s ambassador to Iraq, defects to opposition

Nawaf Fares, Syria's ambassador to Iraq, has defected to the opposition

…ign ministry said he had made statements that contradicted the duties of his post and no longer had any relation to the Syrian embassy in Baghdad. Nawaf al-Fares was appointed ambassador to Baghdad in 2008. He is also chief of a Sunni tribe, the Uqaydat, which straddles Syria’s eastern border with Iraq. That area, around the city of Deir al-Zour, has become a hotbed of support for the rebels…

Syria may have used sarin gas in chemical weapons against rebels

Syria may have used chemical weapons against rebels, the White House has said

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Turkey sends rocket launchers and anti-aircraft guns along its border with Syria

Turkey begins rocket launchers and anti-aircraft guns deployment along its border with Syria after last week's downing of a fighter jet

…ries carrying anti-aircraft guns into a military base near the border town of Yayladagi. Other military vehicles have travelled to the border town of Reyhanli in Hatay province, reports say. More than 33,000 refugees have fled Syria and have crossed the border into the province. Turkish President Abdullah Gul is due to discuss the heightened tensions with Syria at a National Security Council meeti…

Turkey scrambles fighter jets to Syria border

Turkish army has scrambled six F-16 fighter jets near its border with Syria after Syrian helicopters came close to the border

…ady tense relations between former allies. Turkey’s government has been outspoken in its condemnation of Syria’s response to the 16-month anti-government uprising, which has seen more than 30,000 Syrian refugees enter Turkey. On Friday, Turkey said it had begun deploying rocket launchers and anti-aircraft guns along the border in response to the downing of its F-4 Phantom jet on 22 Jun…

Hillary Clinton arrives in Turkey for Syria talks

Hillary Clinton has arrived in Turkey for talks on the worsening crisis in neighboring Syria

…nd democratic. Among US concerns are reports that a growing number of al-Qaeda linked militants are fighting alongside rebels in Syria. US intelligence officials quoted by AP news agency said at least 200 militants linked to al-Qaeda are already operating in Syria, and their numbers are growing as foreign fighters enter the country. US officials fear they could establish a presence similar to that…

Manaf Tlas hints that French secret agents helped him flee Syria

Key Syrian defector General Manaf Tlas has hinted that French secret agents helped him flee Syria in early July

…V. His defection was seen as a major blow to the Damascus government. Not only did he command the elite 10th Brigade of the Republican Guard, but his father Mustafa Tlas served as defence minister for 30 years and was a confidant of Hafez al-Assad, the president’s father and predecessor. Key Syrian defector General Manaf Tlas has hinted that French secret agents helped him flee Syria in ear…

Iran NAM summit: Mohammed Mursi’s attack on oppressive Syria sparks walkout

Egypt's President Mohammed Mursi has told Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Iran that the Syrian uprising is a revolution against an oppressive regime

Egypt’s President Mohammed Mursi has told a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Iran that the Syrian uprising is a “revolution against an oppressive regime”. Mohammed Mursi, who is making the first visit to Iran by an Egyptian leader since 1979, said the movement had an “ethical duty” to support the uprising. His comments sparked a walkout by the Syrian deleg…

John Kerry meets Vladimir Putin for Syria talks in Russia

John Kerry held lengthy talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday during his first visit to Moscow since becoming secretary of state

…onflict in Syria, if possible before the end of May. It will try to convince both the Syrian government and opposition to accept a solution based on the core elements of the final communiqué issued on 30 June 2012, after the UN-backed Action Group for Syria meeting in Geneva. The communiqué called for an immediate cessation of violence and the establishment of a transitional government that could…

Barack Obama warns Bashar al-Assad over chemical weapons usage in Syria

Barack Obama has warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad he will face consequences if he uses chemical weapons against his people

…ircumstances” use such weapons, “if such weapons exist”. Meanwhile, the United Nations says it is pulling “all non-essential international staff” out of Syria. As many as 25 out of 100 international staff could leave this week, the UN news agency Irin reported, while all humanitarian missions outside Damascus will be halted for the time being. In a speech on nuclear n…

Barack Obama warns Syria‘s chemical weapons use may spark US intervention

President Barack Obama has said the use of chemical weapons by Syria would be a "red line" that would change his thinking on intervention in the crisis

…oreign ministry has confirmed. Mika Yamamoto, 45, was a veteran war reporter, working for Japan Press. The UN says more than 18,000 people have been killed in the conflict, 170,000 have fled Syria and 2.5 million need aid within the country. Earlier on Monday, the UN’s new envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi said he was “not in a position to say yet” whether President Assad should go…

Turkey approves military action in Syria

Turkish parliament has authorized troops to launch cross-border action against Syria

Turkish parliament has authorized troops to launch cross-border action against Syria, following the deadly shelling of the town of Akcakale. The bill, passed by 320 to 129, also permits strikes against Syrian targets. But Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay insisted this was a deterrent and not a mandate for war. Turkey has been firing at targets inside Syria since Wednesday’s shelling of th…

Lakhdar Brahimi says Syria mission is “nearly impossible”

Lakhdar Brahimi, the new UN-Arab League envoy on Syria, has given a deeply pessimistic view of the task ahead of him, as he takes up his new post

…yria has been escalating. In the latest – still unconfirmed – incident, opposition activists say a warplane killed as many as 18 people in a single strike in Aleppo province. Activists say 20,000 people have died since the uprising against the Syrian government began last March. On Sunday, the pro-rebel Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said more than 5,000 people were killed in Augu…

UK joins US in warning Syria over chemical weapons use

The UK has decided to join the US in warning Syria that the use or threat of chemical weapons would force them "to revisit their approach"

…al weapons and was able to safeguard them. Fierce fighting continued across Syria on Wednesday. An aerial bombardment preceded an assault by tanks on several areas of Damascus. Activists said at least 37 people had been killed in the capital, in the areas of Kafar Soussa and Nahr Eishah. A journalist working for the state-run Tishreen newspaper, Mosaab al-Odallah, was killed by the military during…

Syria bans Turkish civil flights over its territory

Turkish civilian planes are no longer allowed to fly over Syria

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Barack Obama formally recognizes Syria opposition coalition

Barack Obama has said the US now formally recognize Syria's main opposition coalition as the legitimate representative of its people

…lding where the civilians were being held hostage by pro-government militia. The building, in the village of Aqrab, had been under siege from the Free Syrian Army and, according to the boy, as many as 300 civilians were killed, There has been no word so far from the Syrian government and it is impossible to verify the activists’ account. More than half a million people have now fled the conf…

Syria: at least 10 people died and 46 were injured in a suicide atack in central Damascus

At least 10 people have been killed and 46 have been injured in a suicide attack on a district in central Damascus, Syria

t in the Midan neighbourhood,” Reuters news agency quoted state television as saying. According to state TV, at least 10 people are confirmed dead with authorities fearing the toll could rise to 25 and state news agency Sana said 46 had been injured. According to Syrian authorities, most of those killed were civilians, but some security personnel were among the casualties. TV pictures showed…

Syria marks two years of nation’s unrest

Syria marks two years since the start of the nation's unrest

…of international humanitarian law and of basic humanitarian principles by all sides must stop.” Syria marks two years since the start of the nation’s unrest The unrest began on March 15, 2011, with nationwide protests following arrests in the southern city of Deraa.Rebels now control large sections of Syria, but the conflict has appeared to be largely in stalemate for months. A numbe…

Syria: gunmen attack pro-government Ikhbariya TV killing three people

Gunmen have attacked Ikhbariya TV, a Syrian pro-government TV channel, killing three people

…as quoted by Reuters as saying during a briefing to reporters. Recent defections were described as low or mid-level. Earlier this week, a general and two colonels were said to have fled to Turkey with 30 other Syrian soldiers. Human rights investigators have released their latest report on Syria, including their findings on the Houla massacre. A commission of inquiry, which has been investigating…

Turkey calls for NATO meeting on fighter jet downed by Syria

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu became the first senior Turkish official to challenge Syria's account of the downing of the jet

…statement added. Relations between NATO-member Turkey and Syria, once close allies, have deteriorated sharply since the uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad began in March 2011. More than 30,000 Syrian refugees have fled the violence across the border into Turkey.   Related search articles:Powered by Article Dashboard human body art photography Powered by Article Dashboard lowes…

Syria confirms downing of Turkish F-4 Phantom warplane

The Syrian military has confirmed that it shot down Turkish warplane F-4 Phantom "flying in airspace over Syrian waters

…e action against Syria, he adds. Relations between NATO-member Turkey and Syria, once close allies, have deteriorated sharply since the uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad began in March 2011. Tens of thousands of Syrian refugees have fled the violence across the border into Turkey. Inside Syria, the violence continued on Thursday with state media reporting that “armed terroris…

Manaf Tlas, top Syrian general, has defected and is on his way to Paris

Manaf Tlas, a Syrian general from a powerful family close to President Bashar al-Assad, has defected and is on his way to Paris

…40s, is a commander of a unit of the elite Republican Guard. As a young man he attended military training with President Bashar al-Assad. Gen. Manaf Tlas has been under a form of home arrest since May 2011 because he opposed the security solution that the regime has been implementing, sources say. He also was the first government official to meet the opposition back last year to try to start a dia…

Four Arab states urge their citizens to leave Lebanon over Syria conflict

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait have urged their citizens to leave Lebanon amid signs that the conflict in Syria is spilling over into its western neighbor

…ter the Arab League suspended Syria last November. Lebanese citizens were further caught up in the Syrian crisis on Wednesday when warplanes struck the town of Azaz north of Aleppo, reportedly killing 30 people. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait have urged their citizens to leave Lebanon amid signs that the conflict in Syria is spilling over into its western neighbor Among those reported wo…

Turkey in new Syria retaliation

Turkish military has returned fire across the border after a Syrian mortar round again landed on Turkey soil

…wed a military aircraft being shot down by rebel fighters as it bombarded towns in the eastern Ghouta area. It was unclear whether it was a helicopter or fighter jet. According to activists, more than 30,000 people have been killed since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began. The UN estimates that at least 20,000 have died. Related search articles:sleep tube 2013 acapulco highway…

Turkey: Syrian shells kill five people in Akcakale

Turkey has contacted the UN and NATO after Syrian shells killed five people in Akcakale

attack is believed to be only the second time that people have died as a result. Two Syrian nationals were killed on Turkish soil in April by stray bullets fired from Syria. In Syria itself, at least 34 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a series of bomb explosions in the centre of Syria’s second city, Aleppo. The attacks leveled buildings in the city’s main square. A milit…

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