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Vladimir Putin And David Cameron Hold Syria Talks

PA/The Huffington Post | Posted 10.05.2013 | UK Politics

David Cameron will push for a political solution to end the Syrian conflict in talks with Vladimir Putin on Friday, as the UK stepped up pressure to e...

Jessica Elgot

'Shooting The Messenger'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Elgot | Posted 04.05.2013 | UK

Syria is the deadliest place for journalists, who are deliberately targeted by both the government and rebel groups, according to a new human rights r...

A Future Syria Can't Be Built on a Foundation of Massacres

Neil Durkin | Posted 14.05.2013 | UK Politics
Neil Durkin

Massacres of one sort or another have become part and parcel of Syria's bloody two years. The country's uprising began with a moderately small-scale protest in the city of Daraa on 15 March 2011. Within the space of two days, as the Daraa protests intensified, the security forces had shot dead 15 peaceful protesters, the first in what we now know would become a huge number of similarly horrible incidents.

My Enemy's Doctor Is My Enemy

Jonathan Whittall | Posted 07.05.2013 | UK
Jonathan Whittall

This is not a simple war, and there are no simple aid solutions. As the UN marks the registration of the millionth Syrian refugee this week, having fled material destitution on top of living in constant fear, it's clear that the status quo cannot be an option.

Jessica Elgot

Why Syria Is Still No Go For Foreign Reporters, One Year Since Marie Colvin's Death

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Elgot | Posted 22.02.2013 | UK

When Sunday Times reporter Marie Colvin and photojournalist Remi Ochlik were killed in Homs, Syria, the bloody conflict had regularly been the front p...

Syria Complains To UN Over Alleged Israeli Strike

Huffington Post UK | Posted 31.01.2013 | UK

Syria has made an official complaint to the United Nations over an alleged Israeli airstrike on the border it shares with Lebanon. A US official t...

'Schizophrenic Life' in Syria

Iliana Mourad | Posted 19.02.2013 | UK
Iliana Mourad

Every morning on the way to work I would see new buildings that have been hit by bombs - and I live in a relatively quiet neighbourhood where you only hear scattered shelling and shooting in the distance.

Syrian Fighter Jets Target Damascus As Death Toll Hits 36,000

The Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 31.10.2012 | UK

Syrian fighter jets have struck suburbs in Damascus for the first time during the 19-month conflict, which has now left 36,000 people dead, according ...

Troops Attempt To Contain Violence In Lebanon

Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.10.2012 | UK

Clashes in Lebanon's capital Beirut and the northern city of Tripoli have left seven people dead and dozens more injured as the army warned of "unprec...

Violence In Beirut (PICTURES)

The Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 08.11.2012 | UK

Lebanese soldiers have fired bullets in the air and launched tear-gas at mourners attending the funeral of a murdered intelligence chief in Beirut ami...

Car Bomb In Damascus 'Kills At Least 10'

The Huffington Post UK | Chris York | Posted 21.10.2012 | UK

A massive car bomb has exploded next to a police station in a central Damascus, killing at least ten people according to early reports. The blast h...

Syrian Regime 'Targeting Hospitals'

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 24.08.2012 | UK

Fighting continues to rage in Syria amid claims the government is targeting hospitals in Aleppo. Syria's second city is one of the key battleground...

From London To Damascus Where's Best To Live?

PA | Posted 15.08.2012 | UK

Cities hit by last summer's riots have fallen down a league table of the best places in the world for living conditions, a new study has revealed. ...

Syrian Prime Minister 'Defects To Jordan'

Posted 06.10.2012 | UK

Syria's prime minister has reportedly defected to Jordan with his family after being smuggled across the border, government officials there said on Mo...

Syria Rebels Execution Of Assad Supporters Could Be 'War Crime'

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 02.08.2012 | UK

Human Rights Watch have accused the Free Syria Army of committing potential war crimes as videos emerged of rebels "executing" supporters of Preside...

Violence Continues To Rage In Syria's Major Cities

Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.07.2012 | UK

Violence continued to rage in Aleppo as well as Damascus on Sunday as clashes between Syrian rebel groups and regime forces tore through the country's...

Damascus Volcano Hastens the Defeat of Assad and Realpolitik

John Slinger | Posted 19.09.2012 | UK Politics
John Slinger

The rebels' ability to strike at the heart of the Syrian regime's feared security apparatus, to battle its troops in Damascus and take control of border crossings, in a coordinated, well-planned and executed campaign, shows that Assad is doomed.

Syria Conflict 'Spinning Out Of Control'

Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.07.2012 | UK

A bomb blast which reportedly killed three senior Syrian officials, including the president's brother-in-law, has sent the country's conflict "spinnin...

Damascus Suicide Bomb 'Kills Defence Minister'

Posted 18.07.2012 | UK

A bomb blast in the Syrian capital Damascus has killed the brother-in-law of President Bashar al-Assad and the country's intelligence chief, state TV ...

Putting The 'Ass In Assad': Activists Attack Syrian President In Posters

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 17.07.2012 | UK

A poster produced by a group of activists in a northwest town in Syria has gone viral with its satirical attack on the country's leader Bashar al-Assa...

Syria's Minorities Are Afraid - After Assad, They Shouldn't Be

Stephen Starr | Posted 07.09.2012 | UK Politics
Stephen Starr

Counting for around 25% of Syria's population, most minorities do not want the minority Assad regime to fall.

On the Right Side of History

Sergei Lavrov | Posted 14.08.2012 | UK
Sergei Lavrov

Those who say that Russia "is saving" Bashar al-Assad are wrong. I would like to reiterate that it is the Syrian people themselves who choose the political system and leadership of their country. We are not trying to whitewash the multiple mistakes and miscalculations made by Damascus, including the use of force against peaceful demonstrations at the beginning of the crisis.

Syria: Islamist Group Claims Deadly Damascus Bombing

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 12.07.2012 | UK

A group of Islamist extremists have claimed responsibility for a twin bombing in Syria's capital Damascus on Thursday, which killed 55 people and inju...

Two Explosions Reported In Damascus

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 09.07.2012 | UK

Two massive explosions have rocked the Syrian capital Damascus with state media reporting dozens of people dead or injured. The scale of the explos...

Bomb Attack In Southern City Narrowly Misses UN Observers Convoy

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 09.07.2012 | UK

An apparent bomb attack in the Syrian city of Dera'a wounded six soldiers moments after a convoy passed by carrying the head of the United Nations obs...