Syrian conflict

Cameron, Putin discuss Syria amid new push to end war

10 May 2013

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday arrived in the Black Sea resort of Sochi for talks on Syria with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid a new international push to find a way to end...

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Number of Syrian refugees reaches one million

6 Mar 2013

The number of Syrians who have fled their country since a deadly civil conflict erupted two years ago has hit one million, the UN’s refugee agency said Wednesday.

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Syria heading towards ‘dissolution’, says UN's Ban

2 Mar 2013

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned on Friday that the spiralling conflict in Syria, where some 70,000 people have been killed over the past two years, was breaking the country apart.

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Syria rebels free Iranians in major prisoner swap

9 Jan 2013

The first major prisoner swap in Syria’s conflict took place on Wednesday with rebels freeing 48 Iranians in exchange for more than 2,000 regime detainees in a drawn-out deal with Damascus...

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Syria analysis: Alawite 'statelet' could be Assad's last resort and end to war

7 Jan 2013

The last option for Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, who is determined not to back down after 21 months of deadly conflict, is to battle to the end from a fortified Alawite statelet, analysts...

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‘Friends of Syria’ agree to step up pressure on Assad

30 Nov 2012

Delegates from more than 60 countries agreed in Tokyo on Friday to ramp up pressure on Bashar al-Assad’s regime and urged the international community to unite to force change in Syria.

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Syria cut off from internet, monitoring firms say

Syria has effectively been cut off from the internet, two US technology companies that monitor web traffic reported on Thursday.

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Twin car bombings kill dozens in Damascus

Simultaneous car bombings killed more than 50 people in a town near Syria’s capital on Wednesday, as rebels downed a military aircraft for a second day.

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Russia’s Medvedev criticises France for backing Syrian rebels

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, speaking before a visit to Paris on Monday, criticised France’s support for the Syrian opposition and accused European Union leaders of indecisiveness in...

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TURKEY-SYRIA

Syrian jet bombs town near Turkish border

A Syrian warplane bombed the town of Ras al-Ain for a second day on Tuesday, metres from the Turkish border, sending up thick plumes of smoke and causing residents on the Turkish side to scurry...

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China offers 'new suggestions' on ending on Syrian conflict

China said on Thursday it had made “constructive new suggestions” to end the bloodshed in Syria, including a phased ceasefire and the formation of a transitional government.

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Clashes threaten fragile ceasefire in Syria

Outbursts of fighting threatened to undermine a fragile ceasefire that took effect in Syria on Friday after Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the main rebel force agreed to down arms.

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