Eight children reported killed in Syria attack Syrian activists have said that at least eight children have been killed in a cluster-bomb attack. News • 26 Nov 12
Syria condemns Turkey's defence missile request Syria has condemned Turkey's request for NATO to deploy Patriot defence missiles near their common border, lebelling it "provocative". News • 23 Nov 12
Syrian forces bomb town close to Turkish border A Syrian fighter jet bombed the town of Ras al-Ain for a second day, close to Turkish border. News • 13 Nov 12
Explosions reported in Damascus suburb A series of bomb blasts are reported to have hit a hilltop district in the Syrian capital, Damascus. News • 07 Nov 12
Six killed in Damascus bomb attack A bomb has killed at least six people near a Shia shrine in a suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus. News • 31 Oct 12
UN's Ban welcomes Syria ceasefire plan UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed a planned ceasefire in Syria for the Eid al-Adha holiday. News • 26 Oct 12
Ten killed in Damascus car bomb attack Ten people are reported to have been killed and dozens injured in a car bomb attack near a police station in central Damascus. News • 21 Oct 12
Violence at Lebanese intelligence chief's funeral The state funeral in Beirut of an assassinated Lebanese intelligence chief has ended in violence as angry mourners broke away and tried to storm the … News • 21 Oct 12
Peace envoy Brahimi calls for Syria ceasefire International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi has met Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem in Damascus. News • 20 Oct 12
UN condemns Syria over Turkey mortar attack The UN Security Council has strongly condemned a mortar attack by Syria on a Turkish border town that killed five people. News • 04 Oct 12
Free Syrian Army moves leaders back to Syria The rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) has moved its leadership for the first time from Turkey to parts of Syria that are now controlled by … News • 22 Sep 12
Syria's Assad says rebels will not be victorious President Bashar al-Assad said Syrian rebels would not be victorious in their fight against his government although the "door to dialogue remains open". News • 21 Sep 12
Syrian conflict a danger 'to the whole world' International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said after talks with President Bashar al-Assad that the escalating Syrian conflict poses a global danger. News • 15 Sep 12
Syrian president pledges to allow aid through The new president of the International Committee of the Red Cross has met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to discuss humanitarian access for civilians. News • 04 Sep 12
France and Britain warn Syria of intervention France and Britain have warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that military action to secure safe zones for civilians inside the country was being considered. News • 31 Aug 12
Assad rejects Turkish suggestion of 'buffer zone' President Bashar al-Assad said talk of a Western-imposed buffer zone on Syrian territory was unrealistic and that the situation in his country was "better". News • 30 Aug 12
Syrian troops accused of massacre near Damascus Syrian opposition activists have accused President Bashar al-Assad's army of massacring hundreds of people in a town close to the capital that government forces recaptured … News • 27 Aug 12
UN criticises Iran over arms supply to Syria The UN political chief has said Iran's delivery of weapons to the Syrian government is an apparent violation of UN sanctions banning arms exports by … News • 23 Aug 12
Russia warns against unilateral action on Syria Russia has warned the West against unilateral action on Syria. News • 21 Aug 12
UN formally ends monitoring mission in Syria United Nations military observers have left Damascus after a four-month mission in which they became helpless spectators of Syria's spiralling conflict. News • 20 Aug 12
Concerns over human rights abuses in Syria Human Rights Watch has said it has concerns about human rights abuses in Syria which are not restricted to government forces. News • 20 Aug 12
Fighter jet crashes in eastern Syria A Syrian fighter jet has crashed in eastern Syria, state television said, hours after rebels said they had brought down a jet in the same … News • 14 Aug 12
Bashar al-Assad appoints new Syrian prime minister President Bashar al-Assad has named a new prime minister to replace Syria's most senior government defector while his forces pound rebels in a strategic district … News • 10 Aug 12
Syrian president appears on state television Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appeared on television for the first time in two weeks in footage showing him meeting Saeed Jalili, the head of Iran's … News • 07 Aug 12
UN condemns Syria government, Security Council UN member states have overwhelmingly voted to condemn the Syrian government at a special session of the General Assembly. News • 04 Aug 12
