Region | Syria
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Saturday May 26
More than 50 killed in Syrian army shelling
'It was a real massacre that took place and the UN observers are just staying silent,' rights activist says
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Friday May 25
Thousands gather for anti-Al Assad protests in Syria
Activists say Syrian forces are shelling opposition strongholds as thousands gather across the country in weekly anti-government protests. There was no immediate word on casualties
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Friday May 25
Lebanese hostages in Syria freed, handed to Turkish officials
Lebanese kidnapped in Syria have been released, and handed over to Turkish authorities, mediator says
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Friday May 25
UN slams Syrian army on rights
Serious abuses committed during search operations, panel says
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Friday May 25
Troops shell Rastan, 13 killed across Syria, rights group says
Syrian regime forces pounded the town of Rastan in central Homs province on Thursday, killing three civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said
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Friday May 25
Syrian army behind majority of rights abuses: UN panel
Syrian army carried out serious abuses
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Friday May 25
UN slams Syrian army on rights
Serious abuses committed during search operations, panel says
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Thursday May 24
Two dead after shootout in Lebanese capital
Security officials say troops stormed an apartment in west Beirut, killing a Syrian gunman who had engaged in an hours-long shootout with the security forces
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Thursday May 24
Fierce clashes as Syrian forces assault rebel bastion, activists claim
Free Syrian Army defending the entrances of Rastan
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Wednesday May 23
11 Lebanese kidnapped in Syria found, Lebanese foreign minister says
Lebanese officials working to secure kidnap victims’ release
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Wednesday May 23
12 Lebanese Shiites abducted in Aleppo
Troops kill two as they fire at crowd gathered to greet UN observers in Deir Al Zor
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Tuesday May 22
Five killed in restaurant blast in Syrian capital
Bomb goes off in northern Damascus neighbourhood that has been the centre of protests
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Tuesday May 22
Ex-detainee: Syrian prisons are 'slaughterhouses'
It was hell on earth, says former detainee describing ordeal with security agents in jails
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Monday May 21
Fighting breaks out in restive Damascus district
Troops clash with army defectors in Kfar Souseh
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Monday May 21
Bomb goes off in Douma suburb as senior UN officials tour area
Rights observers say spate of anti-regime rallies despite attacks
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Saturday May 19
Car bomb hits Syria's Deir Al Zor: state TV
Bombing in eastern Syria's biggest city considered the first of its kind in the area
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Friday May 18
Protesters in biggest rally seen in Aleppo since uprising began
Protesters took to the streets on Friday for the biggest demonstration in the Syrian city of Aleppo since the uprising
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Friday May 18
Syrian activist sentenced to death, rights group says
Syrian authorities have sentenced to death for "treason" an activist who was arrested in April and "brutally tortured," a Syrian human rights group said on Friday
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Friday May 18
UN leader says Al Qaida in Syria
UN leader Ban Ki-moon said Thursday he believes Al Qaida committed a major bomb attack in Damascus that left dozens dead, and that up to 10,000 people have now been killed in Syria
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Friday May 18
Syrian opposition in disarray as leader quits
Rebel stronghold Rastan comes under heavy bombardment
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Friday May 18
Syrian opposition faces more fractures and infighting
Nothing but political incompetence and lack of consensus, groups say
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Friday May 18
Recent sectarian strife echoes Syria's conflict
‘We will not have peace until we get rid of Al assad regime'
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Friday May 18
Beirut struggles to remain neutral
Sense of unease between pro and anti-Syria sides
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Friday May 18
Syrian rebel stronghold shelled, watchdog says
Al Assad calls rebels 'criminals' during interview
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Thursday May 17
North Lebanon fighting kills one — ninth in five days
A civilian died in fighting in Lebanon's port city of Tripoli on Wednesday night, security sources said
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