Lisa Schlein | Geneva The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it is concerned about the escalating violence in Syria. The aid organization says it is particularly worried that the...
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At Least 32 Killed in Syria's Unrest, Monitors Conduct Visits
Activists say Syrian forces killed at least 32 people on Friday, as Arab League monitors visited more sites to check the government's compliance with a pledge to end its crackdown on dissent. The...
Syrian security forces kill 5 protesters in Hama-group
BEIRUT, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Syrian security forces shot dead at least five protesters in the northern city of Hama on Friday, a rights group said, while Arab League monitors were touring the city as...
Syria: needs mounting rapidly
The situation in Syria has continued to deteriorate, especially in the past few days, and violence is taking a heavy toll, leaving hundreds of people dead or wounded. Many others have been detained. ...
Syria death toll hits 19, Damascus suburb on strike
BEIRUT, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Security forces shot dead at least 19 people in Syria on Thursday, many of them in cities that an Arab League delegation will tour to check compliance with a plan to end a...
See no evil? Activists doubt credibility of Arab League mission to Syria
Activists are concerned that Arab League observers could leave Syria with a falsely favorable report because of government cover-up and a tainted head of mission. Read the full article in the...
Arab monitors face crowds, blasts in second Syria tour
Homs heart of nine-month revolt against Syria's Assad Shooting, smoke in second flashpoint city of Hama Syria releases 755 detainees "with no blood on hands" (Releads with summary of monitors'...
Detainees Hidden From International Monitors
Arab League Should Demand Access to All Sites Used for Detention (New York, December 27, 2011) – Syrian authorities have transferred perhaps hundreds of detainees to off-limits military sites to hide...
Profile: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has emerged as a prominent campaign group amid the country's revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, releasing daily casualty figures for the international...
Arab Observers Visit Syria's Flashpoint City of Homs
Reports from the Syrian city of Homs say government forces have withdrawn some, but not all, of their tanks and armored personnel carriers from a flashpoint district as Arab League monitors visit...
OIC General Secretariat Renews Call For End Of Violence In Syria
The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), expressed condemnation of all violent acts in Syria which recently took the form of explosions in Damascus and continuous...
Syria tanks fire, 23 die in fighting as monitors awaited
More killings reported in restive cities of Homs, Hama Arab League monitors to visit unrest hotbed Homs Tuesday No sign of Assad starting to implement peace plan (Raises death toll, adds Arab, French...
Ban reiterates concern over worsening bloodshed as blasts claim more lives
23 December 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced grave concern over the escalating violence in Syria, including today’s explosions in the capital, Damascus, which resulted in more deaths...
Syria imposes death penalty for arming "terrorists" as death toll soars
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Press Release 22 December 2011 A new law introduced this week imposing the death penalty on anyone arming “terrorists” is only likely to worsen the bloodshed in Syria, Amnesty...
Violence, sectarianism stalk Homs
BEIRUT, 22 December 2011 (IRIN) - Syria’s central city of Homs is in a state of quasi-civil war, as violence becomes a daily routine, with sectarianism increasing and living conditions deteriorating,...
Syria clashes kill 6,200 adults, children - group
Avaaz group says 69,000 detained, signs of torture About 400 of those killed were children Forty percent of deaths in central city of Homs BEIRUT, Dec 22 (Reuters) - More than 6,200 people including...
Arab team prepares Syria mission after deadly assault
(Updates Thursday death toll, edits) Activists say 21 more killed France deplores "unprecedented massacre" Opposition demands protection for civilians By Dominic Evans BEIRUT, Dec 22 (Reuters) - An...
Why Syria's Regime Is Doomed
Interviewer: Bernard Gwertzman, Consultant, CFR.org December 21, 2011 Amid mounting violence that has killed more than five thousand in Syria, it is "almost inevitable" the regime of President Bashar...
UN welcomes move enabling Arab League monitors to visit Syria
20 December 2011 – The United Nations said today it is encouraged by the signing of a protocol paving the way for monitors from the League of Arab States to go to Syria as part of efforts to end the...
Syria: Give Monitors Full Access
(London, December 20, 2011) – On December 19, 2011, Syria finally signed an agreement to allow Arab League monitors into the country for an initial one-month period. The agreement had stalled since...