A French TV reporter has been killed in the Syrian town of Homs as violence continues amid widespread anti-government protests. Gilles Jacquier, wh...
Earlier this year, the Syrian Foreign Minister made the dramatic announcement that - following European criticism of the crackdown on opposition protests - Syria would remove Europe from their maps of the world. Within hours, enterprising traders in the souq were carrying brand new stock of T-shirts - a map of the world, with a great big gap between Russia and the Atlantic. But this very Syrian, very entrepreneurial joke covers a colder reality. As the unrest continues into its tenth month, Syria finds itself increasingly isolated from all but a handful of other countries. The international contacts, dialogues, exchanges, which had begun to flourish in the arts as in other fields in the last few years, are now withering away.
The Arab Spring captured the imagination of participants, reporters and spectators alike. We all felt that we were witnessing the fantastic awakening of the Arab world to the virtues of justice and democracy.
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In the wake of 9/11, any country that was seen as strategic in the struggle to fight the so-called 'war on terror' became an ally. Unsolved cases of what could be seen as outsourcing torture and enforced disappearances are now haunting the U.S. and some of its allies.
Syria's rebel leaders are to meet foreign Secretary William Hague in London on Monday, according to reports. The move marks a significant step for...
Syria has reportedly sent a message to the Arab League accepting their proposal to provide oversight to a peace plan aimed at ending the violence betw...
The facts are stark and beyond doubt. The Syrian regime is running out of excuses and options. It looks increasingly likely that military action might be the only option. The rapidly deteriorating situation in Syria has impacted Jordan which share borders with Syria.
Russia has said the crisis in Syria resembles "a civil war". President Bashar al-Assad's government forces are engaged in an increasingly violent s...
Members of the Free Syrian Army have attacked a military base outside Damascus. The rebel force, which is mostly made up of defectors from Presiden...
At least 70 people have been killed in Syria in one of the bloodiest days since the uprising began in March, according to the Syrian Observatory for H...
The protests in Syria have caused debate throughout the Arab world, with denouncement and support in equal measure. In neighbouring Lebanon, the d...
Syria has reacted angrily to the Arab League's decision to suspend its membership, calling the move “illegal” and warning that it was a “dangero...
Thousands of supporters of the beleaguered Syrian regime took to the streets over the weekend to protest against the Arab League's decision to suspend...
The Syrian government is committing “crimes against humanity”, says a human rights group, urging the Arab League to suspend the country's membersh...
The Arab League has called for emergency talks with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad after 13 civilians were killed in the country when government for...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned Western powers that any intervention in Syria would cause an “earthquake” that would “burn the whole...
More than forty people are reported to have been killed as Syrian security forces cracked down on protests after Friday prayers in the cities of Homs,...
The first three versions of regime change during the Arab Spring -- unhindered escape of the Tunisian President, imprisonment and criminal proceedings in Egypt and mob law in Libya -- have created a momentum that will be hard to stall.
Syria may be drawing near to a new era of free expression, but for gay Syrians one realm of secrecy will remain as compulsory and oppressive as ever.
The death toll continues to rise in Syria where nearly seven months of violence has led to the deaths of over 3,000 civilians. The UN Security Council, hit by a double veto from China and Russia earlier in the month, are divided and powerless.
The frantic call from the lookout comes at 6am: a few hundred members of the security forces and the dreaded shabiha militia, dressed in black, wielding guns and clubs, are marching towards the safe house in which we are hiding. They are raiding homes, looking for defected soldiers, opposition activists and anyone who's been at a protest. That means nearly half the town of Madaya. And we happen to be with three of the most wanted men in Syria.
