BEIRUT (dpa): Fierce clashes erupted early Friday between deserters and army troops in the central Syrian province of Homs as the opposition called for massive Friday protests, activists said.
“Heavy clashes were raging at the outskirts of the (...)
BEIRUT (dpa) – Armed Syrian opposition members will not be allowed into Lebanon, a Lebanese army commander told a magazine Friday.
If true, the policy would be a rejection of a request made by the United States, which is trying to pressure the (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Syrian forces heavily shelled several restive areas inside the central province of Homs on Tuesday, for the 25th consecutive day, as helicopters hovered over the targeted regions, activists in the area told dpa.
“More than 80 (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Shelling attacks by Syrian troops killed 30 people in rebel-held areas in the provinces of Homs and Idlib on Monday, as the government hailed the approval of a new constitution by almost 90 per cent of voters as a success of its (...)
Baghdad (dpa) – At least 32 people were killed Thursday in car bomb and machine gun attacks in several areas of Baghdad, Arab media reported.
The first attack occurred during the morning rush hour in the mainly Shiite Muslim district of Karrada (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Dozens of shells fell early Tuesday on restive areas inside the central Syrian province of Homs, killing at least seven as they targeted residential buildings, activists said.
“More than 120 shells have fallen for the past hour on (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Syrian forces intensified their assault on restive areas on Monday, killing at least 21 people, activists said, while Russia said it would study an Arab League proposal to send a peacekeeping force to the violence-racked (...)
Beirut (dpa) – At least 64 people died across Syria Monday, mostly in the restive province around the city of Homs, which was heavily shelled by government troops targeting residential buildings and make-shift clinics, apposition activists told (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Syrian troops stormed the central province of Hama on Tuesday, with a heavy barrage of shelling, activists in the area told dpa.
“The tanks have seized all entrances to the city and all communication networks were cut,” said Abu (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Syria's foreign minister said that his country will continue to take any step to defend itself against “chaos”, as Gulf states withdrew observers from the Arab League mission in Syria, where 24 people were killed on Tuesday.
“It is (...)
Beirut/Damascus (dpa) – Syria on Tuesday rejected a call from Qatar for an Arab military intervention to protect civilians as the United Nations Security Council prepared to discuss a revised Russian draft resolution to end the violence.
The (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Ethiopian Airlines Tuesday rejected a Lebanese probe over the 2010 crash of its plane from Beirut, and said it likely to have been caused by sabotage or a lightning strike.
The official Lebanese report blamed pilot error.
“There (...)
Baghdad (dpa) – At least 40 Shiite pilgrims were killed Saturday in a suicide bombing in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, according to medical and security sources.
The pilgrims were en route to a major religious ceremony in the holy city of (...)
Beirut (dpa) – United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon arrived Saturday in Lebanon's southern coastal town of Naqoura for talks with the leadership of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
UNIFIL has been the target of a string of (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Syria's interior minister vowed an “iron fist” response to avenge the Damascus bombing that killed 26 people and wounded 63 the day before, Syria's state-run television reported Saturday.
“We will hit back with an iron fist at (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Syria's opposition called on Friday for nationwide weekly protests, the first since Arab League monitors arrived in the country to check Damascus' compliance with a peace plan.
“Flock to the Main Squares” is the slogan used by the (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Syrian opposition activists have described as a “mockery” an Arab League mission inspecting whether Damascus is complying with a peace plan to end a crackdown on protesters, doubting the mission would be able to fairly assess the (...)
Beirut (dpa) – A team of Arab observers were to inspect more restive areas in southern and northern Syria under an Arab League peace plan on Thursday, a source close to the delegation told dpa.
“The Arab team faced some delays due a logistics (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Observers from the Arab League entered some of Syria's dissident areas Wednesday, amid dismay from the opposition at the performance of the mission.
The observers' main task is to oversee the implementation of an Arab League plan (...)
Beirut (dpa) – The chief of an Arab League observer team to restive Syria said Wednesday he was “optimistic” about his mission, aimed at ending ten months of deadly violence in the country.
“So far the Syrian authorities have been cooperative, (...)
Beirut (dpa) – An explosion Wednesday rocked the southern port city of Tyre, causing only material damage and no casualties, Lebanese police said.
A two-kilogram bomb made of TNT went off near the seaside Tyros restaurant, which serves liquor, (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Syrian security forces on Tuesday continued to shell the central city of Homs, killing at least four people, activists told dpa, while Arab League observers headed to the area.
The shelling, concentrated on the neighborhood of Baba (...)
Beirut (dpa) – A member of the Arab League observer mission to Syria was reported injured Monday in shelling in the central Homs province, activists said, as 25 people were killed in the ongoing conflict.
Mustashar Mahgoub was injured in an (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Thousands of Syrians Saturday mourned the deaths of 44 people killed in twin suicide bombings a day earlier in Damascus, as the Muslim Brotherhood, Syria's long-banned opposition group, scotched reports it was involved in the (...)
Beirut (dpa) – Syrian activists called on Friday for rallies against an Arab League observer mission which arrived in Syria to end the bloodbath, as violence continued in the restive provinces in central and northwestern Syria, killing six people (...)