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Turkey: Global response to Syria rhetoric

2013-05-16 21:07

Turkey's President Abdullah Gul has criticised the world's response to the Syria conflict as limited to "rhetoric", saying his country had received little help in coping with an influx of Syrian refugees.

Islamist rebels execute 11 Syrian soldiers

2013-05-16 14:03

Fighters of the al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front in Syria executed 11 men they accused of taking part in massacres by President Bashar Assad's forces, a video has showed.

Putin warns against 'destabilising' Syria

2013-05-14 18:24

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned against any moves that would further destabilise the situation in Syria, speaking after talks with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Putin, Netanyahu set for talks on Syria

2013-05-14 09:01

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are set to hold talks on the conflict in Syria amid growing concern about Moscow's arms deliveries to Damascus.

18 dead in Turkey blasts near Syria

2013-05-11 16:27

Two explosive-laden cars have blown up in a small Turkish town near the border with Syria, killing 18 people in one of the deadliest recent attacks in the volatile area.

Syria 'welcomes' US-Russia proposal

2013-05-09 16:34

Syria's foreign ministry has welcomed a US-Russian proposal to resolve the country's war, saying it was confident key ally Moscow will not change its stance on the conflict.

Syria OKs militants' attacks on Israel

2013-05-07 16:37

President Bashar Assad's regime has given a Palestinian militant group the go-ahead to set up missiles to attack Israel in the wake of recent Israeli airstrikes on the Syrian capital, says a spokesperson.

Scores of journalists targeted in Syria

2013-05-03 11:26

Syria's regime and rebels fighting to overthrow it have killed, arbitrarily arrested and tortured scores of journalists over the past two years, rights group Amnesty International says.

Powerful blast rocks Damascus

2013-04-30 12:08

Syrian state TV and residents of Damascus say a powerful explosion has hit the country's capital.

Syrian PM survives assassination bid

2013-04-29 13:08

Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi has escaped an assassination bid, surviving a blast that targeted his convoy in Damascus, Syrian state television has reported.

Syria chemical weapons claim 'serious'

2013-04-26 13:02

British Prime Minister David Cameron says growing evidence of the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime is "extremely serious".

Syrian troops capture key town

2013-04-25 11:00

Syrian government troops have captured a strategic town near Damascus, cutting an arms route for rebels trying to topple President Bashar Assad's regime, says state media and activists.

Assad vows zero tolerance to 'terrorists'

2013-04-22 14:01

Syrian President Bashar Assad has said his country will not relent in fighting against "militants and terrorists", says a report.

Belgium in search for Syria recruiters

2013-04-16 20:10

Belgian police have raided 46 homes in the northern city of Antwerp and have arrested at least one man in an investigation into an Islamist group suspected of recruiting fighters for Syria's civil war.

Clashes in CAR leave over a dozen dead

2013-04-15 07:45

More than a dozen people have been killed in clashes between residents and fighters from the Seleka rebel coalition that seized power in CAR last month, sources say.

Journos taken hostage in Syria freed

2013-04-13 17:00

Four Italian journalists who were being held hostage in Syria have been freed, Prime Minister Mario Monti says.

Scores dead in Syria shelling, executions

2013-04-11 15:01

At least 45 Syrians have been killed, some of them in cold blood, after troops stormed the contested town of Sanamein in the province of Deraa, say opposition activists and a monitoring group.

Al-Nusra pledges allegiance to Al-Qaeda

2013-04-11 10:03

The head of Syria's jihadist al-Nusra Front has pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, but distanced his group from claims it has merged with al-Qaeda in Iraq.

Car bomb in Damascus kills 10

2013-04-08 13:01

A Syrian government official says a car bombing in central Damascus has killed at least 10 people.

Kidnapped journalist's parents speak out

2013-04-05 13:01

The parents of an American journalist kidnapped in Syria say his latest disappearance is more upsetting than an earlier one in Libya because they don't know who is holding him.

Syria: Abandoned newborn 'gift from God'

2013-04-03 14:03

A newborn baby abandoned on the street in the battleground Syrian city of Aleppo has been named "Gift from God" by the family who adopted her even at the cost of an extra mouth to feed.

Fierce battles in two Damascus districts

2013-04-02 11:00

Fighting between Syria's rebels and loyalist troops has been raging in two Damascus neighbourhoods while shelling of a village has left four members of a family dead, says a watchdog.

Syria opposition Arab League seat slammed

2013-03-27 16:43

Russia has called the Arab League's decision to award Syria's seat at the organisation to the anti-regime National Coalition "illegal and indefensible".

Pope calls for end to violence in CAR

2013-03-27 14:25

Pope Francis has called for an immediate stop to violence and pillaging in the Central African Republic, three days after president Francois Bozize was forced into exile by a bloody coup.

1000s of children at risk in CAR - UN

2013-03-26 19:06

The lives of thousands of children are at risk in coup-hit Central Africa because of a lack of access to basic aid, food shortages and the ongoing use of child soldiers, the UN says.

 

Syria's Banias massacre toll 'up to 145'

2013-05-16 18:02

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has now documented the deaths of at least 145 people in a "sectarian massacre" earlier in May in the coastal city of Banias, the watchdog says.

Syria rebels vow to punish 'heart-eater'

2013-05-15 12:00

The Free Syrian Army has pledged to punish atrocities amid outrage over a video showing the mutilation of a corpse.

Syria 'rebel heart-eating video' condemned

2013-05-14 12:03

Human Rights Watch and the Syrian opposition National Coalition have condemned a gruesome video apparently showing a Syrian rebel fighter cutting out the heart of a regime soldier and eating it.

Troops take control of Syria town

2013-05-13 14:12

Syrian troops have taken full control of a town near the highway linking the capital Damascus with Jordan, says an activist group.

Mideast needs political solution: Hagel

2013-05-10 12:07

The problems that plague the Middle East, including Iran's nuclear ambitions and Syria's civil war, require "political, not military" solutions, says US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel.

Syria able to face Israel: Assad

2013-05-08 10:09

In his first response to Israel's weekend airstrikes, President Bashar Assad says Syria is capable of facing Israel, but stopped short of threatening retaliation for the strikes near Damascus.

Regional players 'openly engaging in Syria'

2013-05-07 12:00

Regional players are intervening more and more openly in Syria, some emboldened by the chaos created by the conflict, others desperate to prevent the fall of the regime, experts say.

Syrian forces tighten noose on rebels

2013-05-02 13:33

Regime forces have been tightening the noose on rebels holed up in a key area of the central city of Homs, the Syrian Observatory for Human rights watchdog says.

Syria chemical weapons 'may menace US'

2013-04-29 14:10

Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons could be a greater threat after that nation's president leaves power and could end up targeting Americans at home, lawmakers have warned.

The US will not rush into Syria

2013-04-26 13:25

Even though the Assad regime is thought to have crossed a "red line" by allegedly using chemical weapons, the US will be in no hurry to get more involved, says Simon Williamson.

Ubuntu in conflict-torn Syria

2013-04-25 12:13

The assistance we provide as South Africans is a symbol of hope, a boost to their morale and a rekindling of their faith in humanity, writes the Gift of the Giver's Imtiaz Sooliman.

Syrian bishops in hands of 'Chechens'

2013-04-23 19:20

The kidnappers of two Orthodox bishops seized in northern Syria are Chechen fighters, say sources in the Syriac and Greek Orthodox dioceses in Aleppo.

Syria rebels capture parts of army base

2013-04-18 14:03

Syrian activists say rebels have captured large parts of a military base in the strategic central Homs province, near the border with Lebanon.

Syria's Assad cuts jail terms

2013-04-16 15:02

Syrian President Bashar Assad has cut prisoners' sentences to mark a national holiday but activists say it is meaningless gesture without the release of political detainees believed to be held in his jails.

18 dead in north Syria air raid

2013-04-13 18:30

At least 18 civilians have been killed in a Syrian air raid on a rebel-held town in the northwestern province of Idlib, a monitoring group has reported.

CAR: More kids recruited by armed groups

2013-04-12 14:35

The UN's children agency has charged that armed movements in the Central African Republic are recruiting more children, including as soldiers, in the wake of a successful coup by rebels.

Syria to dominate G8 talks

2013-04-11 11:06

US Secretary of State John Kerry and other G8 foreign ministers are holding a second day of talks in London focused on Syria after rebels again appealed for weapons.

CAR: Hidden skeletons in Bozize's house

2013-04-10 07:55

A report says looters after gold or jewels in the abandoned home of deposed CAR president Francois Bozize came across a gruesome discovery – two human skeletons hidden beneath the garage floor.

UN running out of Syria refugee funds

2013-04-05 15:03

The United Nations has given its starkest warning yet that it would soon run out of cash to cope with the vast influx of Syrian refugees into Jordan and other neighbouring countries.

We killed 36 SA troops, CAR rebels say

2013-04-05 12:29
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CAR rebels have made sensational claims that they killed at least 36 South African troops during the battle in Bangui last month than admitted by the SANDF, according to a report.

Ousted CAR leader 'says Chad aided rebels'

2013-04-03 07:48

The Central African Republic's recently toppled president Francois Bozize has accused neighbouring Chad of helping the Seleka rebel coalition that ousted him, according to a report.

CAR's new post-coup govt to start work

2013-04-02 07:59

The Central African Republic's new post-coup government is due to hold its first meeting, its spokesperson says, as anger rises in SA over its military mission in the restive country.

CAR PM to stay on in post-coup regime

2013-03-27 15:27

CAR Prime Minister Nicolas Tiangaye, who was appointed under a power-sharing deal two months ago, says he will stay on as premier under the post-coup regime.

CAR rebel govt illegitimate, says US

2013-03-27 07:34

The UN has "strongly" condemned the rebel takeover of the government of CAR as "illegitimate" and said it is reviewing current foreign assistance.

Looters rampage in CAR

2013-03-26 15:14

Looters are on the rampage in the capital Bangui after rebels seized control in a rapid-fire weekend assault that forced President Francois Bozize into exile.

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