syria
Syria Islamists free nuns in rare prisoner swap
World
March 10, 2014
Syria Islamists free nuns in rare prisoner swap
A group of nuns kidnapped in a Syrian village were freed Monday, part of a rare prisoner swap in a…
Amid carnage of war, Syria readies for Assad re-election
World
March 6, 2014
Amid carnage of war, Syria readies for Assad re-election
After three years of grinding conflict, the destruction of whole city districts and an exodus of refugees all triggered by…
UN: World powers responsible for failing to stop Syria war crimes
World
March 5, 2014
UN: World powers responsible for failing to stop Syria war crimes
All sides in Syria's civil war are using shelling and siege tactics to punish civilians and big powers bear responsibility…
OPCW: Syria has relinquished about a third of its chemical weapons
World
March 4, 2014
OPCW: Syria has relinquished about a third of its chemical weapons
Syria has shipped out about a third of its chemical weapons stockpile, including mustard gas, for destruction abroad, the global…
Turkish foreign minister says world has failed Syria
World
February 26, 2014
Turkish foreign minister says world has failed Syria
Turkey's foreign minister said Syria's worsening war now posed a danger to all countries because President Bashar al-Assad's government had…
Ex-Guantanamo man arrested on Syria ‘terror’ grounds
World
February 25, 2014
Ex-Guantanamo man arrested on Syria ‘terror’ grounds
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg is among four people arrested in Britain on Tuesday on suspicion of Syria-related terror…
Car bomb kills nine people in Syrian town of Atmeh: activists
World
February 23, 2014
Car bomb kills nine people in Syrian town of Atmeh: activists
At least nine people were killed in a car bomb attack on Sunday near a field hospital in the Syrian…
UN Security Council unanimously approves Syria aid access resolution
World
February 22, 2014
UN Security Council unanimously approves Syria aid access resolution
The UN Security Council on Saturday unanimously adopted a resolution to boost humanitarian access in Syria that threatens to take…
Brahimi: Syria peace talks break off, no new date set
World
February 15, 2014
Brahimi: Syria peace talks break off, no new date set
A second round of peace talks between Syria's warring sides broke off Saturday without making any progress and without a…
Homs governor says detained evacuees to be freed
World
February 13, 2014
Homs governor says detained evacuees to be freed
Men arrested by the Syrian authorities after being evacuated from besieged districts of Homs under a UN-brokered ceasefire will be…