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US, partners to push for global sanctions on Assad
The United States and its European and Arab partners will threaten the Assad regime with global sanctions if it fails to quickly implement a Syrian ...
Syrian opposition rejects new international plan
Syria's main opposition groups rejected on Sunday a new international plan that calls for a transitional government because the compromise agreement ...
Syria conference leaves open Assad question
An international conference on Saturday accepted a U.N.-brokered peace plan that calls for the creation of a transitional government in Syria, but at ...
Spoiler or voice of reason? Russian role In Syria
Russia takes center stage Saturday when the U.S. and other major powers gather in Geneva to try to map out a strategy to end the bloodshed in Syria, ...
Syria violence escalates as US seeks turning point
Gunmen attacked a pro-government TV station Wednesday near the Syrian capital, killing seven employees in the latest barrage of violence as world ...
Clinton hopeful Syria meeting can be turning point
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday she has "great hope" that an upcoming Geneva meeting of world powers can be a turning ...
UN: Violence in Syria worse than before ceasefire
The violence in Syria has worsened since a cease-fire deal in April and the bloodshed appears to be taking on dangerous sectarian overtones, the U.N.
World powers to discuss Syria in Geneva
World powers are going to meet in Geneva on Saturday in an attempt to find ways of ending the violence in Syria, senior diplomats at the United ...
Turkey warns Syria away from its border
Turkey warned Syria on Tuesday to keep its forces away from the countries' troubled border or risk an armed response — a furious reply to the downing ...
Turkey jet crisis unlikely to pull NATO into Syria
Syria's downing of a Turkish military jet has the feel of a turning point that could drag Western powers into a conflict that is spiraling out of ...
NATO to discuss downing of Turkish plane by Syria
NATO will hold emergency talks on Tuesday to discuss Syria's downing of a Turkish jet fighter, but the alliance is not expected to take military ...
Israel to press visiting Putin on Iran
When Vladimir Putin visits Israel next week, the world may want to pay attention: The Iranian nuclear program will top the agenda — and the steely ...
Syrian activists report clashes in northwest
Syrian rebels clashed with soldiers for hours overnight in a northwestern province and inflicted heavy casualties on government forces, activists said ...
Syria says ready to evacuate besieged families
Syria's government said Tuesday it was ready to act on a U.N. call to evacuate civilians trapped in the rebellious central city of Homs for more than ...
Obama: Putin talks candid, tensions can be eased
Seeking common ground, President Barack Obama said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Monday on the need for a political process in Syria ...
Iran seeks ' sanctions relief' at nuclear talks
Iran became more adamant Monday that the world must ease the sanctions choking off its oil sales before it will curb activities that could be used to ...
Arab League chief: Peacekeepers needed in Syria
The international community should deploy a peacekeeping force, instead of the U.N.'s existing, beleaguered observer mission, to help end the killing ...
Russia denies discussing Syria's post-Assad future
Russia's foreign minister said Friday that Moscow isn't discussing Syria's future without President Bashar Assad as Washington has claimed, in the ...
Syria overruns rebellious village, violence spikes
Syrian forces overran a mountain enclave near the Mediterranean coast Wednesday, seizing the territory back from rebels as a serious escalation in ...