Al Jazeera English
| Jul 16, 2012
Activists in Syria's capital say government troops and armored vehicles have entered central Damascus, and are shelling several neighborhoods. Meanwhile, Russia has said it would block moves at the UN Security Council to extend a UN monitoring m...
Associated Press
| Apr 18, 2012
Against a backdrop of truce violations, Syria's foreign minister says troops backing the government will be pulled from the country's urban centers. But even as he visited China and UN observers arrived in Damascus, attacks on rebels were continuing.
Telegraph.co.uk
| Apr 16, 2012
Video posted to a social media website purportedly shows two neighborhoods in Homs coming under heavy shelling as UN peace monitors start their mission to oversee a fragile ceasefire.
Telegraph.co.uk
| Apr 12, 2012
Speaking from Homs via Skype, Syrian opposition activist Abo Allith says that there have been four mortar attacks on the city despite the ceasefire, and that the regime's tanks and snipers are still in place
As a recent video of a rebel gutting a dead soldier is widely condemned, both sides are accused of extreme brutality.
Turkey is increasingly wary as violence rages next door. CNN's Nic Robertson reports.
Turks hold funerals for victims of car bombings near its tense border with Syria. CNN's Mohammed Jamjoom reports.
UN and Russia discuss Syria crisis- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said both parties agreed that "a negotiated political solution is the only way...
President Obama, speaking at a joint press conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, says that Turkey and the U.S. agree that Sy...
