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Assad launches offensive in Damascus suburbs
Syrian armed forces shelled districts outside Damascus on Sunday as President launched major offensive.
29 Jan 2012
| CommentsSyria: dozens killed in crackdown on rebel town
Regime forces kill at least 33 people in town close to Damascus, according to activists and nearby residents.
29 Jan 2012
Arab League halts Syria monitoring mission
The Arab League has suspended its troubled monitoring mission in Syria because of an escalation of violence, it has said.
28 Jan 2012
Syria: claims of 'racial cleansing' as 14 family members killed
With the situation in Syria rapidly deteriorating and the horror stories mounting, the UN Security Council has met to discuss a draft resolution to bring the matter to a vote.
27 Jan 2012
| CommentsFighting intensifies in Syrian city of Homs
The latest amateur video from inside Syria purportedly shows fighting between a group calling themselves the Syria Free Army and government forces in the flashpoint city of Homs.
27 Jan 2012
384 children killed during 10 months of Syrian violence, says UN
At least 384 children have been killed during 10 months of violence in Syria and almost the same number detained, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said.
27 Jan 2012
Syria: account of the death of Samer Izz Aldeen
Samer Izz Aldeen, 29, is a Syrian citizen from Douma who was shot dead by security forces in Douma on Dec 23. His Neighbour, whose name has been removed for his safety, tells The Daily Telegraph the circumstances of his death.
26 Jan 2012
Syrian security forces launch all-out assault on Douma
Syrian security forcesare waging an all-out assalt on a rebel suburb of the capital Damascus which had become the second town to force the army out in two weeks.
26 Jan 2012
Arab League chief to head to UN
Announcement of trip to New York comes amid further reports of heavy fighting on outskirts of Damascus.
26 Jan 2012
Arab League resumes observer mission in Syria
Arab League observers in Syria, depleted by a pullout of their Gulf Arab colleagues, have resumed work for the first time in a week.
26 Jan 2012
Al Qaeda 'poised to launch sucide attacks in Syria'
Omar Bakri Mohammed, the radical cleric banned from the United Kingdom for 'glorifying terrorism', has told the Daily Telegraph from his base in the Middle East that al Qaeda is poised to wage war against the Syrian regime.
25 Jan 2012
Red Crescent official shot dead in Syria
A senior member of the Red Crescent and a priest were among seven people killed on Wednesday in fighting in Syria.
25 Jan 2012
Russia open to dialogue with Syria as it warns against sanctions
Russia has said it was "open to constructive proposals" on Syria but remained opposed to any UN resolution requiring all nations to abide by unilateral sanctions imposed by the West.
25 Jan 2012
| CommentsArab League's peace mission to Syria on the verge of collapse
The Arab League's peace mission to Syria was on the verge of collapse on Tuesday night after Gulf states followed Saudi Arabia in pulling out and the country itself refused to say whether it would permit observers to stay.
24 Jan 2012
Building collapses in Homs trapping people in the rubble
Amateur footage purports to show the chaotic aftermath of the collapse of a building in the Bab Tadmur area of Homs in which there are reports that there were many deaths.
24 Jan 2012
Syria: Arab League mission on verge of collapse
Peace mission on verge of collapsing after Gulf states followed Saudi Arabia in pulling out.
24 Jan 2012
| CommentsWilliam Hague 'disappointed with Syria'
Foreign Secretary William Hague is dismayed that President Assad has refused to stand down from power in Syria.
24 Jan 2012
Syria: Gulf states pull out observers
Gulf states have followed Saudi Arabia's lead in pulling their observers out of Syria, while urging the UN Security Council to pile pressure on Damascus to end its crackdown on dissent.
24 Jan 2012
| CommentsSyria rejects Arab League calls for Assad to hand over power
Syria angrily rejected Arab League calls for President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power on Monday, leaving a split United Nations security council the task of finding a solution to the crisis.
23 Jan 2012
EU adopts new sanctions on Syria's top brass
EU foreign ministers adopted fresh sanctions targeting a large number of security officials.
23 Jan 2012
Arab League calls for President Assad to go
Qatari Prime Minister and head of the Arab League says that Syria's embattled President Bashar al-Assad must hand over power to a deputy and set up a new unity government, after their peace plan failed to end 10 months of bloodshed.
23 Jan 2012
Syria: Assad's ultimatum to relinquish power
Embattled president of Syria given ultimatum by Arab League neighbours to oversee transition to democracy.
23 Jan 2012
Syria: Assad's ultimatum to relinquish power
Embattled president of Syria given ultimatum by Arab League neighbours to oversee transition to democracy.
22 Jan 2012
Saudi Arabia calls for outside intervention in Syra
Saudi Arabia joined Qatar in calling for international action in Syria on Sunday night and announced it was pulling its members out of an Arab League monitoring mission.
22 Jan 2012
Syria: Arab League 'to extend monitoring mission'
An Arab League committee on Syria will ask Arab foreign ministers on Sunday to extend a monitoring mission in the country by one month, sources attending the committee meeting said.
22 Jan 2012
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