syria
Rights group: Syria arrested 1000 since Saturday
World
May 3, 2011
Rights group: Syria arrested 1000 since Saturday
Beirut -- Syrian authorities have arrested more than 1000 people and many more have been reported missing in the latest…
Security forces arrest hundreds across Syria
World
May 2, 2011
Security forces arrest hundreds across Syria
Amman -- Syrian security forces going house to house rounded up more people in a clampdown on pro-democracy unrest across…
Egypt’s nominee for Arab League chief seeks Jordanian support
Egypt
May 2, 2011
Egypt’s nominee for Arab League chief seeks Jordanian support
Jordan's foreign minister Nasser Gouda met on Monday with Mostafa al-Fiqqi, Egypt's nominee for the post of Arab League secretary…
Syrian army conducts widespread raids, arrests
World
May 2, 2011
Syrian army conducts widespread raids, arrests
Beirut -- A Syrian activist says the army is conducting raids and house arrests in cities and towns across the…
Residents: Many arrests in Syria’s Deraa
World
May 1, 2011
Residents: Many arrests in Syria’s Deraa
Amman -- Syrian authorities are carrying out a wave of arrests in the city of Deraa in their latest move…
Syrians protest from rooftops after army action
World
May 1, 2011
Syrians protest from rooftops after army action
Amman -- Women and children in the besieged Syrian city of Deraa chanted "God is greatest against the tyrant" from…
Egypt’s Arab League candidate to arrive in Syria
Egypt
May 1, 2011
Egypt’s Arab League candidate to arrive in Syria
Egypt's candidate for the post of Arab League secretary general, Mostafa al-Fiqqi, will visit Damascus on Monday as part of…
Egyptian, Iranian FMs to meet in Indonesia by end of May
Egypt
May 1, 2011
Egyptian, Iranian FMs to meet in Indonesia by end of May
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Sunday he will meet his Egyptian counterpart, Nabil al-Arabi, on the sidelines of…
Syrian forces shell restive city, roll in more reinforcements
World
May 1, 2011
Syrian forces shell restive city, roll in more reinforcements
Cairo -- Syrian army tanks shelled the old quarter of a city at the heart of the country’s six-week-old uprising…
Syria sends more troops into the heart of the uprising against Assad’s regime
World
April 30, 2011
Syria sends more troops into the heart of the uprising against Assad’s regime
Beirut -- Military reinforcements poured into the besieged southern Syrian town of Deraa on Saturday, a day after President Bashar…