Decisive action needed in Syria: Turkey
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said it would be up to the UN Security Council to decide whether to establish a no-fly zone inside ...
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Syria's Nusra Front eclipsed by al Qaeda
BEIRUT - The most feared and effective rebel group battling President Bashar al-Assad, the Islamist Nusra Front, is being eclipsed by a more radical ...
Syria's savagery will thwart reconciliation
Camera phones and Internet access has allowed hundreds of gruesome Syrian war crimes to be broadcast, spreading hatred and ...
Syria peace talks look doomed in advance
International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi may had been overly optimistic when he hailed an international conference as the “first hopeful news” on Syria in ...
US wants details on sarin use in Syria
Chemical weapons have been used in small amounts in Syria - but the United States wants more information before deciding how to ...
Obama, Erdogan meet as Syrian war rages
President Barack Obama met Turkey's Prime Minister as world leaders scramble to find a way to ease Bashar al-Assad from power.
Blasts at Iraqi Sunni mosque kill 43
Two bombs exploded outside a Sunni Muslim mosque in Baquba as worshippers left Friday prayers, killing at least 43 people.
Kerry confident about talks on Syria
The US and Russia back opposing sides in Syria’s civil war - but John Kerry says peace talks are possible.
UN condemns Assad’s forces
The UN General Assembly condemned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces and praised the opposition Syrian National Coalition.
Evidence of torture found in Syrian city
Human Rights Watch has found evidence in rebel-held Raqa that supports detainees’ claims of torture by President Bashar al-Assad’s ...