Assad denies his regime was behind Houla massacreIN HIS first address to his country’s newly elected Syrian president Bashar al-Assad denied his regime’s culpability in the May…Mon Jun 04 2012 - 01:00
UN condemns Houla massacre and calls for inquiryTHE UN Human Rights Council yesterday condemned the May 25th massacre of 108 Syrians, including 49 childrenSat Jun 02 2012 - 01:00
UN chief urges end to bloodshed in SyriaUN SECRETARY general Ban Ki-moon yesterday called on the Syrian government to halt the bloodshed in the country and fulfil its…Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
Egypt's military council lifts decades-old state of emergencyEGYPT’S RULING military council yesterday declared the lifting of the 31-year-old state of emergency imposed after the assassination…Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
Egypt further polarised by choice between theocrat and enforcerANALYSIS: Abstention by over 50% of voters may explain why two traditionalists made it to second roundTue May 29 2012 - 01:00
Uncertainty over choice of candidate clouds pollANALYSIS: EGYPT’S REVOLUTIONARIES are bitterly disappointed over their country’s first multicandidate presidential election, …Wed May 23 2012 - 01:00
Presidential Candidates: The Top FourAmr Moussa (75): a former Egyptian diplomat who served in mis- sions in Switzerland, India and the UN and held the position …Wed May 23 2012 - 01:00
Rebels in Syria kill 23 soldiers in ambushREBEL FIGHTERS reportedly killed 23 soldiers and destroyed three armoured vehicles during an ambush on the road to the strategic…Tue May 15 2012 - 01:00
Humanitarian and economic disaster averted for nowSANCTIONS AND unrest are the chief causes of deprivation in Syria, a Damascus-based diplomat has told The Irish Times.Mon May 14 2012 - 01:00
Syrian army thwarts copycat bomb attackAN EXPLOSIVES-LADEN minibus was intercepted and the driver killed by security forces in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo yesterday…Sat May 12 2012 - 01:00
Deep divisions in opposition over route to democracySYRIAN OPPOSITION groups are deeply divided over how to effect democratic change in their countryFri May 11 2012 - 01:00
Damascus bomb blasts most deadly since start of rebellionAT LEAST 55 people were killed and 372 wounded yesterday in two massive car bomb blasts in the deadliest attack in Syria since…Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00
Annan warns on Syrian civil warUN-ARAB LEAGUE envoy Kofi Annan yesterday told the Security Council that his effort to halt the violence in Syria could be the…Wed May 09 2012 - 01:00
Syrians deeply divided over attitude to electionSYRIANS ARE deeply divided over today’s parliamentary election, with the government urging voters to cast ballots while the opposition…Mon May 07 2012 - 01:00
Up to 10 fatalities in Syrian protestsAT LEAST 10 protesters were killed yesterday when anti-government demonstrations erupted in several locations across Syria following…Sat May 05 2012 - 01:00
Pre-election chaos causes dismay among Syrian votersTHERE IS confusion in Syria over Monday’s election, in which 7,000 candidates are running for 250 seats in the national assembly…Fri May 04 2012 - 01:00
University raided after attack on protestersSYRIAN SECURITY officers have reportedly raided the dormitories of Aleppo University following an attack on students protesting…Fri May 04 2012 - 01:00
Syrian military accused of killing 95 civiliansTHE NEW York-based Human Rights Watch has accused the Syrian army of grave human rights abuses during operations to recapture…Thu May 03 2012 - 01:00
Syria's multiparty election campaign gets into full swingUNDETERRED BY three powerful explosions overnight, Damascenes celebrate the May Day holiday by sleeping in, lounging in parks…Wed May 02 2012 - 01:00
At least nine dead after suicide bombing in western Syrian citySUICIDE BOMBERS set off devices at dawn yesterday in the northwestern rebel stronghold of Idlib city, destroying two security…Tue May 01 2012 - 01:00
Arms shipment allegedly for Syrian rebels interceptedLEBANESE OFFICIALS have intercepted a Sierra Leone-flagged ship purportedly carrying heavy and light arms from Libya to Syrian…Mon Apr 30 2012 - 01:00
Crisis deepens as Damascus bombings leave at least 11 deadFOUR BOMB blasts in Damascus yesterday shook the calm and complacency of the Syrian capital, which has remained largely outside…Sat Apr 28 2012 - 01:00
Death toll disputed in huge explosion in HamaTHE SYRIAN authorities and opposition activists yesterday levelled accusations at each other over a massive explosion that destroyed…Fri Apr 27 2012 - 01:00
Call for more UN observers as Syrian troops continue to kill post-ceasefireAN EXPLOSION ripped through a building in Syria’s central city of Hama yesterday, killing at least 12 people and wounding dozens…Thu Apr 26 2012 - 01:00
Both sides breach Syrian ceasefireREBELS REPORTEDLY launched three separate attacks yesterday on Syrian security personnel in and near Damascus, killing three …Wed Apr 25 2012 - 01:00
Monitors cheered in Syrian townsUN MONITORS were cheered by residents while visiting contested towns Douma and Harasta near Damascus.Tue Apr 24 2012 - 01:00
UN authorises 300 more monitors for SyriaUN-ARAB League envoy Kofi Annan yesterday welcomed the security council’s deployment of 300 ceasefire monitors in Syria as members…Mon Apr 23 2012 - 01:00
Protesters against military rule return to Cairo squareTENS OF thousands of demonstrators returned to Cairo’s Tahrir Square yesterday to protest against military rule, while in Syria…Sat Apr 21 2012 - 01:00
Palestinian Authority stripped of all jurisdiction, says AbbasInternational community has totally failed the authority, claims PA spokesmanWed Apr 18 2012 - 01:00
Call for UN observers to deploy quicklyAS THE advance team of UN ceasefire observers established mission headquarters in Damascus yesterday, fierce clashes between …Tue Apr 17 2012 - 01:00
Cramming on to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre's roof for Ethiopian Easter MassKHAN AL-ZEIT street is alive, with light, delicate pastries stuffed with nuts and dates nestling in plastic boxesMon Apr 16 2012 - 01:00
Rebel-held areas of Homs shelled by Syrian forcesTHE SYRIAN military reportedly shelled rebel-held neighbourhoods of Homs while rebels were said to have attacked a police station…Mon Apr 16 2012 - 01:00
Thousands take to streets to test Syrian ceasefireTHOUSANDS OF Syrians took to the streets yesterday to test the government’s commitment to the ceasefire in response to opposition…Sat Apr 14 2012 - 01:00
Move to build on ceasefire with dispatch of monitorsUN-ARAB LEAGUE envoy Kofi Annan is moving to build on the Syrian ceasefire he brokered, which was largely observed yesterday …Fri Apr 13 2012 - 01:00
Syria to halt fighting but with right to respond to attacksTHE SYRIAN government last night agreed to halt all military activity at 6am today, according to UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan…Thu Apr 12 2012 - 01:00
Shelling reported in Syria as ceasefire deadline loomsSyria has promised to observe a UN-backed ceasefire starting tomorrow, but its forces kept up fierce attacks on opposition neighbourhoods…Wed Apr 11 2012 - 01:00
Annan critical of Syrian regime as deadline to end clashes loomsTHE SYRIAN government should fundamentally change what it was doing, United Nations and Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan …Wed Apr 11 2012 - 01:00
Syrian fire at border angers TurkeyTHERE IS deepening concern that the conflict in Syria could spill across its borders, after Syrian troops yesterday fired at …Tue Apr 10 2012 - 01:00
Fears grow for ceasefire as Syria demands pledges from rebelsTHE UN-brokered plan for a ceasefire appeared to be unravelling last night as Syria made new demands, saying it would not withdraw…Mon Apr 09 2012 - 01:00
Brotherhood U-turn on election causes concernANALYSIS: The Muslim Brotherhood’s decision to field a candidate could split the fundamentalist vote three waysSat Apr 07 2012 - 01:00
Syrian army bids to quell revolt ahead of ceasefireTHE SYRIAN military yesterday reportedly continued to mop up rebels in Douma, near the capital, the central city of Homs, and…Sat Apr 07 2012 - 01:00
Syrian authorities say withdrawal of troops has begunUN-ARAB League envoy Kofi Annan yesterday told the General Assembly that the Syrian government had informed him of partial withdrawals…Fri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
Lebanon keeps the conflict raging across the border in Syria at arm's lengthTHE HAMRA district in west Beirut is booming. Restaurants and cafes are springing up along every street and alleywayThu Apr 05 2012 - 01:00
Annan briefs United Nations on effort to end clashes in SyriaAS UN-ARAB League envoy Kofi Annan yesterday briefed a closed session of the UN Security Council on his efforts to end violence…Tue Apr 03 2012 - 01:00
Syrian activists back Annan in efforts to end crisis and attacks on protestersMEETING IN Istanbul yesterday, the Friends of Syria extended full support to the efforts of UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan to…Mon Apr 02 2012 - 01:00
'If there is civil war in this region, it will start here'The revolt in Syria has taken a toll on Lebanon. Ill-feeling to Alawites is simmering dangerouslyThu Mar 29 2012 - 01:00
'We left when they bombed our home and our workshop'Syrian refugees tell their stories of violence and death, and of new lives lived peacefullyWed Mar 28 2012 - 01:00
Army shells Homs as meeting boycottedSYRIAN TROOPS reportedly shelled dissident districts of Homs and carried out operations in other protest hubs yesterday as a …Tue Mar 27 2012 - 01:00
UN envoy in Moscow to push for Syrian peace planUN-ARAB League peace envoy Kofi Annan has met Russian president Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow as Syrian troops fought rebels in Homs…Mon Mar 26 2012 - 01:00
Three soldiers die in attack in north SyriaREBEL FIGHTERS killed three soldiers in an attack on a unit in the north of Syria near the Turkish border, opposition activists…Sat Mar 24 2012 - 00:00
