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Syria’s army fired artillery at the city of Homs as the United Nations’ top human-rights official, Navi Pillay, urged international action to protect civilians.
Syria's army killed at least six civilians Tuesday in the heaviest shelling of Homs for several days, monitors said, as the international community warned of a humanitarian disaster in the city.
Syria’s army fired artillery at the city of Homs as the United Nations’ top human-rights official urged international action to protect civilians.
SYRIA : Syrian troops pounded the protest hub of Homs on Monday, activists said, after the Arab League agreed to open contacts with the opposition and to send a peacekeeping force to the strife-torn country.
Syria has ignored a new Arab initiative to end the bloodshed, with its troops pounding the protest hub of Homs as Russia said a ceasefire is needed before peacekeepers can be deployed.
Syria "categorically rejects" an Arab League resolution for a joint Arab-UN peacekeeping mission, ahead of a key UN debate.
As diplomats at the U.N. slammed Syria, violence raged on the ground and residents wondered out loud what the implications of total war might be.
As diplomats at the United Nations slammed Syria, violence continued to rage on the ground and residents wondered out loud what the implications of total war might be.
Video emerging from Syria is purported to depict the continuing shelling of Homs on Monday as tanks roams the streets, whilst in Deraa protesters show their solidarity with the beleaguered city.
Syria ignored a new Arab initiative to end the bloodshed, with its troops pounding the protest hub of Homs yesterday as Russia said a ceasefire is needed before peacekeepers can be deployed .
BEIRUT — Syria stepped up shelling of Homs after UN Human Rights chief Navi Pillay said she was "appalled" at ongoing violence. "Due to heavy shelling, residents have been effectively trapped in areas under attack. Electricity and communication have been cut off in some neighborhoods. And food remains scarce," Pillay said. read more
Syria said it has "categorically rejected" a new resolution from the Arab League which calls for the formation of a joint Arab-United Nations peacekeeping mission in the country to help bring an end to the bloodshed that has lasted almost one year.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Syria rejected Sunday an Arab League resolution that included calling for a joint U.N.-Arab peacekeeping force, backed support for the opposition and reaffirmed Arab economic sanctions on Damascus, Al Arabiya television reported. In a brief headline, the channel reported that Syria rejected the Arab decisions "completely." It did not give further details. (Reporting by Tamim ...
While the civil war in Syria has been, for the most part, fearsomely asymmetrical to the regime's advantage, the government has been hit by shadowy elements, including the assassination of a general in Damascus on Saturday and bombings in the commercial center of Aleppo a day before. Still, the loosely organized antiregime forces that go under the name Free Syrian Army are struggling to forge a ...
Syria says the UN human rights Chief Navi Pillay’s report about the situation in the country does not reflect the reality since it is based on testimonies by members of the opposition and armed groups.
Syria rejected the move of Arab League to create a joint peacekeeping force through the United Nations, which was spelled out in a resolution adopted Sunday by the League’s foreign ministers meeti...
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