Deadlocked Syria talks resume in Geneva

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 17:14

Talks between Syria`s warring sides entered their fifth day in Geneva today with no signs of progress on a transfer of power or on providing desperately needed humanitarian relief.

Syria ready to evacuate civilians from Homs

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 07:25

Syrian authorities are ready to arrange the evacuation of afflicted civilians from the besieged old quarter of Homs, said Homs province`s Governor Talal al-Barazi.

Syria talks to continue despite deadlock over power transfer

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 01:10

Syrian peace talks in Geneva were deadlocked Monday over the issue of transferring power, but neither side walked away and the UN said the question of a political transition would be back on the table.

Syria to allow women, children to leave besieged parts of Homs

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 00:57

The Syrian regime has agreed to allow women and children to leave besieged rebel-held areas of the central city of Homs, UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said Sunday at peace talks in Geneva.

Assad`s forces kill dozens of rebels in Homs city

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 13:50

Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed dozens of rebel fighters who tried to break an army siege of the central city of Homs, state media and a monitoring group said.

Syrian troops kill 45 rebels in Homs: Activists

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 07:48

At least 45 rebel fighters were killed Thursday in Syria`s central province of Homs, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reportedly said.

Syrian troops kill 20 rebels in Homs province

Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 07:29

The Syrian troops Saturday killed at least 20 rebels in the central province of Homs, as part of other heavy blows they have recently been dealing to the rebels in different areas, mainly the countryside of the capital Damascus, the official SANA news agency reported.

Syrian aircraft hit Aleppo, killing 15: Activists

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 21:15

Syrian military aircraft targeted rebel-held districts in the northern city of Aleppo for the third straight day on Tuesday , killing at least 15 people, activists said.

Bomb hits bus in central Syrian province, kills 19

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 15:57

The village is predominantly Alawite, a minority sect to which President Bashar Assad belongs, but it also has Christians and Sunnis. It was not immediately clear why the bus was targeted.

UN warns of plight of women, children in Syria`s Homs

Last Updated: Saturday, August 3, 2013, 15:19

The UN on Saturday sounded the alarm about the plight of women and children in Syria`s Homs, urging all parties in the conflict to enable access to some 400,000 trapped civilians.