Russia's ambassador to Britain has defended his government's repeated blocks of United Nations sanctions over the crisis in Syria, saying the revoluti...

Britain is doing all it can to help people caught up in the Syrian uprising but will not send weapons to the rebels fighting President Assad's regime,...

David Cameron and William Hague have held high-level international talks to ratchet up pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad in the wake of the ma...

Foreign Secretary William Hague has urged Russia to join diplomatic efforts to end the violence in Syria as he warned the United Nations had "failed" ...

We simply need to give the Syrian people the tools, support and encouragement they need to do the job themselves. Now is the time to step up to our responsibilities.

More than 5,000 people have been killed during the Syrian government's violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, the United Nations has said. ...

Abbas knows that the US does not want to publically veto the motion. He is trying to seize back the political momentum for the first time in years. For the 76 year-old this may really be his last throw of the dice.

The UN Security council has condemned authorities in Syria for continuing violence against demonstrators and "violation of human rights". In a stat...