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President Assad's forces accused of massacre in Daraya

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 from rebels.

News • 27 Aug 12

Iran has reportedly supplied the Syrian army with weapons

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 Iran.

News • 23 Aug 12

Activists say that Government forces have shelled the city of Aleppo

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

Riyad Hijab said morale was low in Syria

UN aid chief in Syria for talks over access

United Nations emergency relief coordinator Valerie Amos has held talks in Syria on ways to increase humanitarian aid to civilians trapped or displaced by intensifying fighting between government and rebel forces.

News • 15 Aug 12

The Syrian army said it has forced rebels out of most areas in Damascus

Syrian forces step up campaign in Aleppo

The Syrian military has stepped up its campaign to drive rebel fighters out of Aleppo, but rebels have said they were still holding firm in the country's biggest city.

News • 31 Jul 12

A Syrian rebel takes position as a helicopter hovers over the northern city of Aleppo

Syrian forces target rebels in Aleppo

The Syrian army has turned its forces on Aleppo, ordering an armoured column to advance on the country's second biggest city.

News • 25 Jul 12

Rebels take control of infantry school in Syria

Syrian rebel forces have seized the army's infantry school in the town of Musalmiyeh, 16km north of the city of Aleppo, a senior military defector based in Turkey and rebel sources inside Syria said.

News • 23 Jul 12

Rebels have taken positions in Damascus in recent days as part of a new offensive

Syrian army strikes back against rebels

Syrian soldiers and armoured troops have pushed into a rebel-held district of Aleppo after striking back in Damascus against fighters emboldened by a bomb attack against President Bashar al-Assad's inner circle.

News • 22 Jul 12

Residents say armoured vehicles have been deployed in Damascus

Iraq closes Syria border post

Iraq has closed its main border post with Syria and sent troops to the frontier after Syrian rebels took control of the Abu Kamal crossing, a local mayor has said.

News • 19 Jul 12

Sergei Lavrov outlined his position ahead of a meeting with envoy Kofi Annan today

Russia stands firm on Syria mission

Russia has it would block moves at the UN Security Council to extend a monitoring mission in Syria if Western powers do not stop resorting to "blackmail" by threatening sanctions against Syria.

News • 16 Jul 12

Kofi Annan held new talks with the Syrian leadership in a fresh bid to end violence there

Western governments expel Syrian diplomats

Eight Western governments have expelled Syrian diplomats from their capitals in a coordinated action against Bashar al-Assad's government over the killing of more than 100 civilians in Houla.

News • 29 May 12

Islamist group admits to deadly Syria bombing

Al-Nusra Front, an Islamist group unknown before the Syrian revolt, has released a video claiming responsibility for twin suicide bombings in Damascus that killed 55 people.

News • 14 May 12