Syrian uprising
Residents flee as severe clashes erupt Aleppo, fight in Syria capital tense
World
July 21, 2012
Residents flee as severe clashes erupt Aleppo, fight in Syria capital tense
Unprecedented clashes between troops and rebels raged into a second day in Syria's second city of Aleppo on Saturday, forcing…
US must work ‘outside UN’ to aid Syrian rebels
World
July 21, 2012
US must work ‘outside UN’ to aid Syrian rebels
After the Russian and Chinese veto of a UN resolution on Syria, America must use back channels to bolster its…
Syrian security chief dies, activists report deadliest day
World
July 20, 2012
Syrian security chief dies, activists report deadliest day
Syrian TV says the country's national security chief has died of wounds suffered in a rebel blast.
In photos: Clashes outside Syrian Embassy
Egypt
July 19, 2012
In photos: Clashes outside Syrian Embassy
Some 300 Syrian and Egyptian activists clashed with Central Security Forces on Wednesday evening, after their attempt to raise the…
17 arrested for attempting to storm Syrian embassy, ministry says
Egypt
July 19, 2012
17 arrested for attempting to storm Syrian embassy, ministry says
About 17 people have been arrested for attempting to break into the Syrian Embassy in Cairo Wednesday night and replace…
No sign of Assad after bomb kills kin, battles rage
World
July 19, 2012
No sign of Assad after bomb kills kin, battles rage
BEIRUT — Mystery surrounded the whereabouts of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Thursday, as battles raged in the center of Damascus…
Thursday papers: ‘Assad’s generals fall’
Egypt
July 19, 2012
Thursday papers: ‘Assad’s generals fall’
The local press focuses Thursday on the explosion in Damascus that killed Syrian Defense Minister Dawoud Rajha, President Bashar al-Assad's…
Nearly 100 killed across Syria on Wednesday, NGO says
World
July 18, 2012
Nearly 100 killed across Syria on Wednesday, NGO says
Nearly 100 people were killed on Wednesday in violence across Syria, including 16 in Damascus, said the Syrian Observatory…
Police teargas demonstrators before Syrian Embassy in Cairo
Egypt
July 18, 2012
Police teargas demonstrators before Syrian Embassy in Cairo
Police threw tear gas canisters at scores of Egyptian and Syrian activists demonstrating before the Syrian Embassy in the Garden…
Regular air traffic between Cairo and Damascus so far
Egypt
July 18, 2012
Regular air traffic between Cairo and Damascus so far
Flights between Cairo and Damascus have not yet been affected by the events in Syria.