Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 23:41
A Syrian monitoring group said today it has documented the deaths of 41 Palestinian refugees in besieged Yarmuk camp as a result of food and medical shortages, including women and children.
Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 20:51
President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer arrived in Damascus Friday to seek broader humanitarian aid access to besieged areas in the strife-torn country.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 00:25
Iran would improve its chances of playing a role on the sidelines of Syria peace talks this month by working with Damascus to end its bombardment of civilians and to improve access for humanitarian groups, US officials said on Monday.
Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 00:41
At least 200 rebels surrendered to the Syrian government forces on Sunday in a suburb of the capital Damascus, media reported.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 08:27
Syria will miss a December 31 deadline for the removal of part of its chemical weapons arsenal for destruction, but international inspectors insisted the overall mission is still on track.
Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 18:23
At least 15 Palestinians have died of hunger since September in a besieged refugee camp in the Syrian capital Damascus, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said on Monday.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 08:32
At least eight people were killed and scores of others injured Friday in a series of mortar attacks launched reportedly by the rebels in Syria`s Aleppo, Idlib and Homs provinces, media reports said.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 01:14
Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah said a car bomb that killed six people including an influential member of the country`s anti-Damascus coalition on Friday was aimed at destroying "national unity."
Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 20:58
Syrian state TV and opposition activists say government forces have ambushed members of an al Qaeda-linked group.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 23:51
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Moadamiyet al-Sham was originally home to some 15,000 people.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 22:51
Syria accused rebels on Tuesday of recently attacking two sites where chemical arms were stored, state news agency quoted a foreign ministry source as saying.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 15:06
Iran`s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi discussed the Syria crisis after negotiators failed to agree on Tehran`s role in upcoming talks, the ministry said on Saturday.
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