Beirut (dpa) – New York-based pressure group Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday accused Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Addad of using civilians as human shields in their offensive against pro-democracy activists.
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Beirut (dpa) – Syrian troops shelled and raided opposition strongholds and clashed with rebel fighters around the country on Saturday, killing at least two people, activists said.
The heavy fighting focused on the villages of Sermin and Khan (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Rebels fighting to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have begun to attack targets in the capital Damascus to prove they can reach even the most well defended sites, according to activists and analysts.
“They're now focusing (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Shortly after news spread about a massacre in the Homs neighborhood of Karm al-Zeitoun – and that women were raped and children slaughtered – Asma decided that she had to escape no matter at what cost.
Along with her three (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Syrian forces surrounded areas in the north-western province of Idlib Tuesday, and warned that it will storm neighborhoods to free them from rebels, activists in the area told dpa.
“Dozens of tanks and troops are besieging areas (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Heavy clashes erupted Saturday between Syrian government troops and rebels in the province of Idlib near the border with Turkey, opposition activists said.
The government forces were shelling the province as they “combed” several (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Syrian government forces Thursday shelled a key rebel-held district in the central province of Homs, according to the opposition, as Damascus vowed to “cleanse” the area from “terrorists”, reported state media.
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Beirut (dpa) – Syrian government forces continued to shell the country's restive areas on Saturday, a day after Western and Arab powers urged Damascus to immediately cease all violence and allow humanitarian agencies to deliver aid to civilians (...)
Tunis/Beirut (dpa) – Western and Arab countries were expected to demand an immediate ceasefire in Syria and humanitarian access to areas ravaged by weeks of regime bombardments at a Friends of Syria conference in Tunisia later Friday.
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Paris/Beirut (dpa) – As the Syrian city of Homs reeled from a 20th consecutive day of bombardments by government forces Thursday, the opposition was looking to a conference in Tunisia to try to turn the tide in the bloody 11-month (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Government troops clamped down Wednesday on volatile areas inside the Syrian capital Damascus, rounding up scores of people, opposition activists said.
“Security forces entered the area of Kfar Soussa in Damascus at dawn and (...)
Wadi Khaled, Lebanon (dpa) – When Um Mustafa, a 60-year-old grandmother, fled Syria for northern Lebanon she said she was counting on God's mercy to protect the sons she left behind.
Her three sons are fighting Syrian government troops in the (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday denied any links to the attacks that targeted Israeli diplomats in Bangkok, New Delhi and Georgia.
“We have nothing to do with the attacks on the Israeli officials earlier this (...)
Wadi Khaled, Lebanon (dpa) – Since the start of a pro-democracy uprising in his country, Abu Abed, a Syrian taxi driver, has been plying between the dissident Syrian province of Homs and this northern Lebanese border area for a high-risk type of (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday that Libya's former spy chief Abuzaid Dorda needed medical care for injuries sustained in custody.
The New York-based watchdog urged the Libyan government to investigate the cause of (...)
Beirut (dpa) – An explosion hit a gas pipeline in Syria's restive central province of Homs on Wednesday, the second such blast in less than a week, opposition activists said.
The area of Baba Amr, a district of the province's capital, also called (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Syrian forces on Tuesday shelled the besieged city of Homs for a tenth consecutive day as the European Union prepared to impose a new round of sanctions on the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Syrian troops on Monday bombarded restive areas in the province of Homs with heavy artillery, and stormed areas near the capital Damascus, activists said, a day after the Arab League vowed to support the opposition.
“The Syrian (...)
Beirut (dpa) – An explosion ripped through an area in the northern port city of Tripoli late Friday, causing panic hours after clashes broke out between armed Lebanese over Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, a security source said.
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Beirut (dpa) – At least 90 people were killed in violence across Syria on Friday, including 28 people who were killed in twin suicide bombings which ripped through two security facilities in the hitherto relatively peaceful city of Aleppo.
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Beirut (dpa) – Syrian government forces on Thursday tightened their siege of the dissident central province of Homs, a day after killing more than 100 people in heavy shelling, opposition activists said.
“More than 1,000 troopers backed by dozens (...)
Beirut (dpa) – The blood-splattered streets of Baba Amr are littered with body parts, spent ammunition and rubble. Many of the residents have fled the once-bustling area in the central Syrian province of Homs.
“Death and darkness have shrouded (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Syrian government forces on Thursday intensified their attacks on several dissident areas, reportedly killing at least 56 people, despite sharp international condemnation.
The onslaught targeted the central province of Homs, mainly (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Syrian forces on Wednesday attacked restive areas in the central province of Homs, killing at least 47 people, activists said.
“The security forces started to storm the al-Khalidiyeh, al-Inshaat, Bab Amr neighborhoods, targeting (...)
Beirut (dpa) – At least 10 people died and dozens were wounded early Monday after Syrian troops shelled parts of the central province of Homs, opposition activists told dpa.
“Dozens of shells fell on the neighborhoods of Baba Amr and al-Bayyada (...)