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After bloody week, West warns Syria on chemical arms

YoopyaJul 24, 20120

By Oliver Holmes BEIRUT (Reuters) – Explosions and gunfire rocked one Damascus neighbourhood on Tuesday and residents elsewhere buried their dead after days of fighting

Syria ‘will not use’ chemical weapons on its own people

YoopyaJul 23, 20120

Syria says it will not use chemical weapons against its own people, but would do so against an external attack. Syrian foreign ministry spokesman Jihad

Assad’s forces overrun two Damascus districts

YoopyaJul 23, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrian troops have driven rebel fighters out of two districts of Damascus a week after the insurgents launched a major assault on the

Syrian forces fight back after rebel surge into capital

YoopyaJul 21, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrian government forces pounded rebels in Damascus overnight, battling to reverse opposition gains in the aftermath of the assassination of President Bashar al-Assad’s

How “Damascus Volcano” erupted in Assad’s stronghold

YoopyaJul 21, 20120

(Reuters) – As darkness descended over Damascus last Saturday, few of its 1.7 million residents could have had any inkling that a decisive battle to

Syrian forces stretched, spy chief 4th bomb victim

YoopyaJul 20, 20120

(Reuters) – A fourth member of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s inner circle died on Friday from wounds sustained in a bomb attack this week and

Syrian forces stretched, intelligence chief dies

YoopyaJul 20, 20120

(Reuters) – A fourth member of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s inner circle died on Friday from a bomb attack this week and his forces fought

Rebels keep pressure on Assad, fight near government buildings

YoopyaJul 19, 2012April 13, 20230

(Reuters) – Syrian rebels kept up pressure on President Bashar al-Assad following the assassination of three top lieutenants, fighting loyalist troops within sight of the

Syria conflict: Fresh fighting follows regime deaths

YoopyaJul 19, 20120

There have been clashes throughout the night in many parts of Syria, after the deaths on Wednesday of three top regime figures in a suspected

Bomb kills powerful Assad kin; battle in Damascus

YoopyaJul 18, 20120

(Reuters) – A bomber killed three of Bashar al-Assad’s top military officials on Wednesday – including his powerful brother-in-law – in a devastating blow to