Sep 2nd, 2012
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian rebels said they planted bombs inside the Syrian army’s General Staff headquarters in central Damascus on Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces bulldozed buildings to the ground in parts of the capital that have backed the uprising.
Syrian state television said four people were wounded in what it called a terrorist attack on the General Staff compound in the highly...
Jul 9th, 2012
More than 17,000 people, mostly civilians, were killed in Syria since the uprising began in March 2011 against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, according to revised figures announced by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, (OSDH) on Monday .
The OSDH, based in London, has a network of activists on the ground in Syria, which establish the balance sheets and identify abuses through testimonies, field...
Jun 19th, 2012
The Syrian authorities are prepared to evacuate civilians from areas controlled by armed terrorist groups representing opposition to the regime, the agency Sana reported citing the Syrian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday.
“Contacts were established with foreign observers and the Syrian authorities to evacuate the civilian population of the city of Homs. However, the efforts of UN observers have failed due to...
Jun 6th, 2012
The United States will invite the Security Council of the UN to adopt a resolution providing for the use of force against Syria if the regime of Bashar al-Assad will not show willingness to resolve the conflict by peaceful means, said Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
“If Syria does not make substantial progress (in the implementation of the Annan Plan), the United States and other countries will soon...
May 21st, 2012
“We are very concerned about the situation in Syria, but NATO is not planning any intervention,” said M.Rasmussen.
The Secretary General has criticized Syrian authorities for failure to comply with their commitments under the settlement plan of the crisis, proposed by UN special envoy of the Arab League and Syria to Kofi Annan. He did not however referred to the acts of the armed opposition against the...
Apr 30th, 2012
More than 170 opposition fighters Syrian army laid down their weapons, 129 of them were operated in the province of Idlib, in north-west, and the other in the suburbs of Damascus, announced Damascus Syrian news agency SANA on Monday.
These men were immediately released because they “were not involved in bloody crimes and had promised not to participate in armed attacks,” the agency said.
More than a...
Mar 23rd, 2012
On Friday The foreign ministers of the European Union agreed in Brussels to extend targeted sanctions against the Syrian regime, reported Reuters on Friday.
On the eve of the summit, several diplomatic sources within the Union reported that the European authorities had added new names to the list of Syrian officials covered by the visa sanctions and asset freezes.
According to European media, nearly 150 people and...
Mar 21st, 2012
The United States notes in recent days a gradual convergence between the positions of members of the Security Council of the UN on Syria, said the spokesman of U.S. State Department, Victoria Nuland.
“We discuss (a possible resolution on Syria) with the Russians for several days and have recently held consultations in New York (UN HQ). We see a reconciliation increasingly evident at positions within the...
