MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights (AFP) - The Israeli army said on Monday that 10 people had been killed during Sunday's "Naksa Day" protests along the Syrian ceasefire line, describing Damascus's toll of 23 as "exaggerated."
Israeli leaders accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of encouraging the unrest to divert attention from his crackdown on domestic protests, while Damascus accuse [...]
VIENNA (AFP) - UN atomic watchdog chief Yukiya Amano turned up the heat on Syria and Iran -- both accused of illicit nuclear activity -- as the body's policy-making board of governors began a meeting in Vienna on Monday.
Tehran and Damascus are both accused of actively blocking the International Atomic Energy Agency's long-running investigations into illegal nuclear activity.
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NICOSIA (AFP) - Residents of the Syrian city of Hama said they were observing a general strike on Sunday in memory of the dozens of people killed by security forces in a crackdown on pro-democracy protests.
"We started a three-day strike on Saturday for the fallen martyrs," one resident said by telephone from Hama, about 210 kilometres (130 miles) north of Damascus.
"Everything is [...]
NICOSIA (AFP) - Thirty-eight people, including six members of the Syrian security forces, were killed in 24 hours during clashes in the northwest town of Jisrash Shughur, a Syrian rights activist said on Sunday.
"Thirty-eight people were killed in shootings in the region of Jisrash Shughur, 10 yesterday and 28 today," Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the London-based Syrian Observatory fo [...]
MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights (AFP) - Israeli troops opened fire on Sunday as protesters from Syria stormed a ceasefire line in the occupied Golan Heights, with Damascus saying 14 demonstrators were killed.
Hundreds of protesters rushed towards the ceasefire line, cutting through barbed wire as they tried to enter the Golan Heights in a repeat of demonstrations last month that saw tho [...]
DAMASCUS (AFP) - More than 100,000 mourners turned out on Saturday for the funerals of protesters killed by Syrian security forces in Hama, a rights group said, warning that the country is nearing an "abyss".
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights head Rami Abdel Rahman said more than 100,000 people took part in the funerals of at least 53 people killed during anti-regime protests on Friday across [...]
DAMASCUS (AFP) - Security forces fired on vast crowds of protesters in the central city of Hama Friday killing 34, as the largest anti-regime demonstrations yet swept Syria, rights activists said.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon expressed alarm at the heightened Syrian government crackdown on protests, while a US-based monitoring firm said two-thirds of networks in protest-wracked Syria were c [...]
DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syrian opposition groups demanded President Bashar al-Assad's immediate resignation Thursday, snubbing government concessions after a week in which activists said security forces killed more than 60 people.
Opposition groups called for the "immediate resignation of President Bashar al-Assad from all functions he occupies," in a joint declaration at the end of a two- [...]
ANTALYA, Turkey (AFP) - Syrian opposition groups gathered in Turkey on Wednesday to plan for the demise of President Bashar al-Assad's regime, denouncing "massacres" by his forces and snubbing an amnesty offer.
The three-day gathering -- titled "Conference for Change in Syria" -- opened with the Syrian national anthem and a minute of silence for "the martyrs" killed in bloody crackd [...]
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday called for Damascus to enact reforms that would help stabilise Syria, where 15 people died in the latest crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.
Maliki's remarks, which did not contain specific proposals, came as Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem visited Baghdad, where the two politicians pledged to boost trade and ec [...]
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