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Syria: Watchdog says Syria must destroy toxic chemicals

YoopyaApr 27, 2014July 21, 20230

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The head of an international mission to Syria charged with destroying the country’s chemical weapons called on President Bashar Assad’s government

Syria: Syria to hold presidential election on June 3

YoopyaApr 21, 2014September 16, 20230

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria will hold presidential elections on June 3, the country’s parliament speaker said Monday, a vote President Bashar Assad is likely

World: Obama seeks to reassure Saudi Arabia over Iran, Syria

YoopyaMar 29, 2014September 7, 20230

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama sought to reassure Saudi King Abdullah on Friday that he would support moderate Syrian rebels and reject a bad nuclear

US: Kerry hopes Crimea won’t hit Russian cooperation on Syrian weapons

YoopyaMar 24, 2014October 28, 20230

(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday he hoped the Crimea crisis would not harm cooperation with Russia on international efforts

Syria: Syria among ‘most dangerous places on Earth’ for children: UNICEF

YoopyaMar 11, 2014September 30, 20230

(Reuters) – The number of children affected by the civil war in Syria has more than doubled over the past year, with hundreds of thousands

Pro-Assad forces kill 175 rebels in ambush: Syrian state media

YoopyaFeb 27, 2014October 28, 20230

(Reuters) – Forces loyal to Syria’s president killed at least 175 Islamist rebel fighters, most of them foreigners, in an ambush in insurgent-held eastern outskirts

Opposition: Syria talks at ‘impasse’ but not over

YoopyaFeb 14, 2014October 30, 20230

GENEVA (AP) — The United States and Russia blamed each other Friday for the failure of Syrian peace talks to take off, while an opposition

Six hundred Syrians flee besieged Old Homs in aid convoy

YoopyaFeb 10, 2014November 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Six hundred people left the besieged ruins of rebel-held central Homs on Sunday, escaping more than a year of hunger and deprivation caused

Dozens reportedly die in bomb attacks by Syria regime

YoopyaFeb 3, 2014November 29, 20230

Dozens of people, including children, have died in bomb attacks by the Syrian regime on the rebel-held city of Aleppo, opposition activists claimed Sunday. Sky

Syria peace talks: war of words over Bashar al-Assad’s future

YoopyaJan 25, 2014November 29, 20230

Little sign of constructive action despite Ban Ki-moon’s call to seize ‘fragile chance’ Syria’s bloody crisis moved no nearer to resolution at the Geneva II