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Families of kidnapped Lebanese block airport road
The families of 11 Lebanese pilgrims kidnapped in Syria blocked the highway leading to Beirut airport for several hours Monday to protest the Lebanese ...
Report: Russia to send marines to Syria
Two Russian navy ships are completing preparations to sail to Syria with a unit of marines on a mission to protect Russian citizens and the nation's ...
Syrian activists report renewed shelling in Homs
Syrian forces shelled the central city of Homs on Monday during a fierce offensive to root out rebels as the country's most important ally, Russia, ...
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 ...
2 months later, massacre haunts Syrian town
The main street of this once-bustling Syrian farm town now stands eerily quiet, its shops charred black from arson, its shoppers replaced by cats ...
Associated Press journalist wounded in Syria
A video journalist covering the Syrian uprising for The Associated Press was wounded while filming clashes between rebels and the Syrian army.
UN demands evacuation of Syrian civilians in Homs
The head of the U.N. observers' mission in Syria demanded Sunday that warring parties allow the evacuation of women, children, elderly and sick people ...
UN observers in Syria suspend patrols
U.N. observers suspended their patrols in Syria on Saturday due to a recent spike in violence, the strongest sign yet that an international peace plan ...
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 observer chief says violence derails mission
The head of the U.N. observers in Syria said Friday a spike in bloodshed is derailing the mission to monitor and defuse more than a year of violence, ...
Smell of death greets UN monitors in Syrian town
Smoldering buildings, looted shops, smashed cars and a strong stench of death greeted U.N. observers who entered the nearly deserted Syrian town of ...
US: Russian helicopters are refurbished, not new
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's accusation that Russia "dramatically" escalated the crisis in Syria lost steam Thursday when the State ...
A closer look at Russian arms sales to Syria
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sparked controversy this week when she accused Russia of escalating the conflict in Syria by sending ...
UN observers enter mountainous enclave in Syria
A team of United Nations observers entered the Syrian town of Haffa Thursday after government troops overran the area near the Mediterranean coast, ...
Iran's dreams for influence stymied in Egypt
Iran once saw the Arab Spring uprisings as a prime opportunity, hoping it would open the door for it to spread its influence in countries whose ...
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 ...
US accuses Russia but needs its help in Syria
Tensions between the U.S. and Russia flared Wednesday as the former Cold War foes traded blame for the violence in Syria just days before a planned ...
Syria claims it has retaken rebellious village
Syrian forces pushed out scores of rebels holed up in a rebellious area near the Mediterranean coast Wednesday and state television said they retook ...
Red Cross: 3 aid workers injured in Syria blast
A roadside explosion hit a convoy of aid workers in northwest Syria on Wednesday, causing three people to suffer minor injuries, the International ...
Russia denies sending attack helicopters to Syria
Russia's foreign minister has rejected the U.S. claim that Moscow is sending attack helicopters to Syria. Russian news agencies reported Wednesday ...
France's Foreign Minister: Syria is in civil war
France's new Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says that Syria is in a state of civil war. Fabius told reporters at a Paris news conference Wednesday ...
UN monitors shot at on way to Syrian massacre site
Unarmed United Nations monitors came under fire Thursday as they tried to reach the scene of the latest mass killing in Syria, U.N.