Pro-government protesters hold a rally in support of President Bashar al-Assad in capital, Damascus on December 9, 2011. Armed gangs have killed a Syrian army general during clashes in the northwestern city of Idleb as the unrest continues in the volatile country, Press TV reports. The incident occurred after clashes broke out in the restive area near the ballot stations between the Syrian army and... 

A child taking part in a rally in support of the Syrian regime, holds a portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The EU has stopped short of endorsing a French proposal for EU-backed humanitarian corridors that would allow aid groups and observers into Syria. ­France has called for a “secured zone to protect civilians” in Syria. It is the first time a major Western country has suggested international... 

Anger: Susan Rice, US Ambassador to the UN, walked out of a security council meeting after Russia and China vetoed a resolution on Syria America’s ambassador to the U.N. stormed out of a security council meeting after China and Russia vetoed a resolution condemning Syria’s crackdown on anti-government protests. Furious Susan Rice claimed Washington was ‘outraged’ by opposition... 

Two days ago the entire Israeli media has reported that the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad will attack Israel’s capital city Tel Aviv in case NATO attacks his country. Furthermore, Assad said Iran and Lebanon’s Hezbollah will side with Syria against NATO. This story has been reported by Ynet, Haaretz, The Jerusalem Post, DEBKAfile, and confirmed by the US based Newsmax. NATO troops are... 

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) meets Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi (L) in the Syrian capital of Damascus, September 10, 2011. Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi has rejected foreign interference in the internal affairs of Syria, amid Western threats against Damascus, Press TV reports. During a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday, the AL chief... 

At least 38 people have been killed after Syrian tanks launched an offensive on another rebel town on Sunday. The attack came as the UN appealed for an immediate halt to violence in the country. Syrian troops stormed several other cities on Sunday raising the overall death toll to 69, according to Reuters news agency. Meanwhile, Agence France-Presse reported about 52 victims. Over 100 are reported... 

NATO is planning a military campaign against Syria to help overthrow the regime of President Bashar al-Assad with a long-reaching goal of preparing a beachhead for an attack on Iran, Russia’s envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said. The UN Security Council condemned on Wednesday ongoing violence in Syria and urged the country’s authorities to stop using force against peaceful protesters, while... 

UN Security Council UN Security Council member Germany on Sunday formally requested emergency consultations by the 15-nation body on the Syrian government’s deadly offensive against demonstrators, a spokesman said. A meeting could be held on Monday. But the move is likely to reopen bitter divisions within the Security Council, which has not yet been able to agree even a statement on President... 

The first serious move after months of promised reform, the Syrian government today announced that it was ending its near 50-year ban on opposition political parties, though with a number of caveats. The new law resembles the laws under Mubarak in Egypt, allowing opposition parties but forbidding any based on religion, region, or ethnicity. This would keep the Kurds from forming parties, as well as... 

Army presses ahead in its campaign to overcome anti-regime revolt, prepares to intervene in Al-Bukamal. The Syrian army on Sunday set its sights on the town of Zabadani near the Lebanon border as it pressed ahead in its campaign to overcome an anti-regime revolt, a human rights activist said. In the east, on the frontier with Iraq, security forces were also reported to be preparing to intervene in... 

Escalating its rhetoric against Bashar al-Assad, the White House declared Tuesday that the Syrian president had “lost his legitimacy” but declined to call explicitly for his resignation or removal. The statement, which echoed similar remarks by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday, followed what appeared to be orchestrated attacks by pro-Assad demonstrators on the U.S. and French embassy... 

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (left) with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has asked Russia to support a draft United Nations Security Council resolution on Syria. Clinton made the call during a phone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday, AFP reported. “With regard to Syria, their discussion focused on action... 

Pro-Western media are completing the “artillery preparation” against Syria. In the West they have already built an image of Assad as a tyrant hated by the people and who is inferior to Gaddafi only in terms of the degree of his undemocratic attitude. Now Western journalists are arguing how many “peaceful demonstrators” he has killed – one hundred, five hundred or two... 

Syrians anti and pro-Assad protesters clash after Friday prayers in Damascus, Syria, Friday, March 25, 2011. Thousands of Syrians took to the streets Friday demanding reforms and mourning dozens of protesters who were killed during a violent, week long crackdown that has brought extraordinary pressure on the country’s autocratic regime, activists and witnesses said. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad... 

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, right, shakes hand with Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad during a welcoming ceremony at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Saturday, June 26, 2010. Bashar al-Assad is in Venezuela for a two-day official visit. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced Israel as a “genocidal” government on Sunday as he hosted Syrian President Bashar...