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US reporter killed in Syria targeted by regime

Lawsuit alleges Marie Colvin was killed along with a French photojournalist when Syrian army fired a barrage of rockets at them.

The body of Mika Yamamato, 45, was extracted from war-torn Syria and flown home to Japan on Saturday. Three colleagues are still missing.

Turkey has asked the Syrian government to locate two of its nationals, working journalists, who have gone missing in the war-torn country.

Syrian government forces refuse to allow Red Cross workers into Homs as they continue “mop-up” operations: raping and murdering civilians.

After being trapped in Homs for days, French journalists Edith Bouvier and William Daniels reach Lebanon.

In less than a month, three journalists have been killed, three managed to escape and two are still missing in action in Syria, one wounded.

At least 144 people died across Syria on Monday, mostly in Homs. Bodies of dead journalists still trapped in besieged city.

The Syrian gov't says 90% of voters approved a new constitution giving Pres. Bashar al-Assad 14 more years. Forty people were killed.

Syrians cautiously went to the polls Sunday to vote on a new constitution that would keep President Assad in office until 2028.

Red Cross aid workers entered a besieged neighborhood in the Syrian city of Homs, negotiating to evacuate the wounded there.

A UN commission of inquiry has quietly submitted a sealed envelope listing Syrian leaders who may be accused of crimes against humanity.

A veteran American journalist was killed and a second seriously wounded by the Syrian Army in Homs. A French photographer also died.