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UN monitors 'obligated' to stay in Syria

The head of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria has told the UN Security Council of the intensifying violence in the country but said the nearly 300 unarmed monitors were "morally obliged" to stay.
News • 20 Jun 12

Syrian forces and rebels clash in coastal province

Syria's government banned 17 Western diplomats and its helicopter gunships pounded rebels in a coastal province as President Bashar al-Assad defied international pressure to halt his campaign to crush the uprising against his rule.
Conflict • 05 Jun 12

20 people killed in Syria bomb blast

More than 20 people have been killed in blasts targeting security buildings in the city of Idlib in northwestern Syria.
News • 30 Apr 12

Attacks on civilians continuing - Ban Ki-moon

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that Syria's conflict is deepening and attacks on civilian areas show no sign of abating, despite assurances from Damascus that it has begun withdrawing troops under an international peace plan.
News • 05 Apr 12

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