syria
Annan ends Syria trip with no deal
World
March 11, 2012
Annan ends Syria trip with no deal
BEIRUT — International envoy and former UN chief Kofi Annan left Syria Sunday without a deal to end the bloody…
No military solution in Syria: EU ministers
World
March 10, 2012
No military solution in Syria: EU ministers
European Union foreign ministers Saturday rejected all recourse to a military solution in Syria while reiterating that President Bashar al-Assad…
Annan in Syria to press Assad to end bloodshed
World
March 10, 2012
Annan in Syria to press Assad to end bloodshed
UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan arrived in Damascus on Saturday to press President Bashar al-Assad for a political solution to…
Syrian rebels reject Annan’s call for dialogue
World
March 9, 2012
Syrian rebels reject Annan’s call for dialogue
CAIRO/BEIRUT — Kofi Annan, the UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, said he would urge President Bashar al-Assad and his foes to…
Syria’s Baba Amr is deserted, Red Cross says
World
March 8, 2012
Syria’s Baba Amr is deserted, Red Cross says
BEIRUT — The UN humanitarian chief toured the shattered Syrian district of Baba Amr on Wednesday but found most residents…
Annan in Cairo for talks on Syria
Egypt
March 7, 2012
Annan in Cairo for talks on Syria
Kofi Annan, the United Nations-Arab League envoy to Syria, arrived in Cairo Wednesday for talks on the Syrian crisis, DPA…
Syria army sends reinforcements to Idlib hotspot as Syria death toll almost at 8,500
World
March 7, 2012
Syria army sends reinforcements to Idlib hotspot as Syria death toll almost at 8,500
The death toll in Syria since protests erupted against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad last March has reached 8,458,…
Syria’s displaced blocked at Lebanon border
World
March 6, 2012
Syria’s displaced blocked at Lebanon border
Abu Ali says he has only God to thank today for sparing his life and that of his wife and…
Pro-Assad newspaper denounces withdrawal of Egyptian ambassador
Egypt
March 6, 2012
Pro-Assad newspaper denounces withdrawal of Egyptian ambassador
A Syrian newspaper supporting President Bashar al-Assad condemned on Tuesday a decision by Egypt to withdraw its ambassador to Damascus,…
Syrian intellectuals: Detached and divided, but why?
Opinion
March 5, 2012
Syrian intellectuals: Detached and divided, but why?
The role of Syrian intellectuals in their revolution has raised various questions since the uprising began. On one hand, there…