Arab League Rejects GCC Push to Suspend Syria
The Arab League has opted to seek a dialogue between Syrian president Bashar Assad and opposition leaders over suspension.
The Arab League has opted to seek a dialogue between Syrian president Bashar Assad and opposition leaders over suspension.
Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies want Syria suspended from the Arab League as unrest in the country spirals towards civil war.
In a growing trend of cross border incursions into Lebanese territory, Syrian forces murdered a fleeing dissident in the Bekaa Valley.
Lebanese prime minister Najib Mikati has vowed to protect some 5,000 Syrian refugees who have fled the Assad regime.
Syrian tanks have made several hit-and-run incursions into Lebanon in recent days as Assad's anti-dissident crackdown shifts into high gear.
A Syrian official claims gunmen have kidnapped 14 army officers in a guerrilla raid; intense fighting between army loyalists and defectors.
Syria claims authorities have found a vehicle loaded with Israeli-made ammunition used by anti-regime protesters.
Zainab al-Hosni, 18, was found dismembered in a Syrian morgue along with her activist brother, whose body showed signs of torture.
Just days after forming a 140-member national council, Syrian protesters say they want a leader to take the reigns and lead them to freedom.
Assad forces killed at least 40 as anti-regime protests in Syria enter week 27.
Syrian opposition leaders - 70 in Syria and 60 outside the country - have formed a national council to oppose President Bashar Assad.
Syrian opposition leaders staged a 'day of rage' against Moscow over its obstruction of Western-led sanctions on the Assad regime.
UN Human Rights commissioner Navi Pillay says the civilian death toll in Syria has reached 2,600.
Embattled president Bashar Assad declared a 'state of war' in Syria in what may indicate he plans to follow in his father's footsteps.
After refusing to discuss Syria's unrest with Arab League Sec. Gen. Nabil al-Arabi, Assad's forces intensify their Homs crackdown.
Arab League secretary general Nabil al-Arabi is in Damascus to pressure President Bashar Assad to stop his bloody crackdown; more deaths.
A prominent group of Syrian protest leaders have called on Syrians not to take up arms against Assad -- or call for Int'l intervention
Despite mounting international pressure and sanctions, Assad keeps the crackdown going saying he won't bow to 'colonialists.'
Syrian dissidents have formed a national council to lead the opposition to Bashar al-Assad's regime.
Gunmen loyal to Syrian president Bashar Assad killed 10 during protests in which demonstrators chanted he would follow in Qaddafi's steps.
Syrian president Bashar Assad told his nation he was 'not concerned' by opposition protests and would 'not bow to imperial powers.'
In a move that surprised no one, Syrian president Bashar Assad resumed his bloody crackdown killing 14 one day after saying it was over.
Syrian president Bashar Assad told UN chief Ban Ki-moon the bloody crackdown on anti-regime protesters in his country was at an end.
Some 4,000 Syrian expatriates staged a rally in support of opposition protesters in their native country in the first rally of its kind.