Supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have thrown tomatoes and eggs at US ambassador Robert Ford as he met an opposition figure in Damascus. Veteran politician Hassan Abdul Azim said about 100 protesters tried to get into his office as Mr Ford arrived and then surrounded it. Mr Ford, who has been accused of inciting protests, was ...
The United Nations says at least 2,600 people have been killed in Syria during the anti-government uprising that has swept the country since mid-March. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay provided the figures during an address to the Human Rights Council on Monday. The figure represents a significant increase since August, when the U.N. estimated ...
Syrian security forces unleashed a barrage of gunfire yesterday, killing at least 11 people and leaving thousands cowering in their homes as President Bashar Assad’s troops kept up the government’s assault on a 6-month-old uprising, activists and witnesses said. Nine of the dead were in Homs, a hotbed of opposition to Assad’s autocratic regime. Two others ...
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