Syria Death Toll

Syria Observers: 13 Bodies Found With Hands Tied

Reuters | Posted 05.31.2012

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By Dominic Evans BEIRUT, May 30 (Reuters) - U.N. observers said on Wednesday 13 bodies had been discovered bound and shot in eastern...

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Over 50 Reportedly Killed By Syrian Forces

Reuters | Posted 05.26.2012

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BEIRUT, May 25 (Reuters) - At least 50 people, including 13 children, were killed when Syrian forces tried to break into the town of Houla in Homs p...

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LOOK: Syrian Opposition Estimates Double The Government's Death Toll

Reuters | Posted 04.05.2012

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BEIRUT, April 4 (Reuters) - Thousands of people have been killed in Syria during a year-long popular revolt against President Bashar al-Assad's rule...

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Homes Burned, Over 40 Killed As Government Forces Capture Rebel Stronghold

AP | ZEINA KARAM | Posted 05.28.2012

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BEIRUT — Syrian activists said Wednesday a government offensive in northern Syria during which troops overran a major opposition stronghold has ...

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New Death Toll Estimate Soars

Reuters | Posted 05.27.2012

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By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, March 27 (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Tuesday that more than 9,000...

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Kofi Annan in Syria: Mission Impossible... Or?

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 05.17.2012

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Evelyn Leopold

Kofi Annan, the former U.N. secretary-general once known as a diplomatic rockstar, is trying to start meaningful talks to end the brutality in Syria that has claimed at least 8,000 lives over the past year.

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'Well Over 7,500 People Have Died In Syria'

AP | Posted 04.29.2012

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. political chief B. Lynn Pascoe says "well over" 7,500 people have died in Syria violence. The U.N. Underse...

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144 Reported Killed In Latest Rash Of Syria Violence

AP | BEN HUBBARD | Posted 04.28.2012

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BEIRUT — A Syrian activist group reported Monday that 144 people have been killed across the country, scores of them in the embattled opposition...

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70 Nations To Call For Ceasefire

Reuters | Posted 04.24.2012

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By Dominic Evans BEIRUT, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Western and Arab powers meeting in Tunis on Friday will call on Syria to im...

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Bombing Homs Into Submission?

Reuters | Posted 04.23.2012

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By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Angus MacSwan AMMAN, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces rained rockets and bombs ...

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Syrian Security Forces Open Fire On Funeral

Reuters | Posted 04.19.2012

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By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Angus MacSwan AMMAN/BEIRUT, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Syrian security forces fired live ammunition to break up a p...

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UN Chief: Bombardement By Syrian Forces 'Unacceptable Before Humanity'

Reuters | Posted 04.07.2012

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UNITED NATIONS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday denounced Syrian forces' bombardment of the city of Homs in a stateme...

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Russia, China Veto UN Resolution On Syria

Reuters | Posted 04.05.2012

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By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Russia and China joined forces in a double veto on Saturday to knock down a Western-Arab U.N...

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Russia, China Veto UN Resolution On Syria

Reuters | Posted 04.05.2012

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Russia and China blocked a new UN Security Resolution on the crisis in Syria. This is breaking news. Check back later for updates. ...

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Russia Will Not Stop Arms Sales To Syria

AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 04.03.2012

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BEIRUT (AP) - Russia will not stop selling arms to Syria, a top defense official said Thursday, as Moscow stands by its longtime ally despite mounting...

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Reports: 'Terrifying Massacre' In Syria's Homs

AP | BASSEM MROUE and ZEINA KARAM | Posted 03.28.2012

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BEIRUT — Two days of bloody turmoil in Syria killed at least 74 people, including small children, as forces loyal to President Bashar Assad shel...

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ICRC: Head Of Syria's Arab Red Crescent Shot Dead

Reuters | Posted 03.26.2012

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GENEVA, Jan 25 (Reuters) - The head of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent in the northern town of Idlib was shot dead on Wednesday, the International Comm...

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Children Increasingly Victims Of Syria's Brutal Crackdown

Posted 01.20.2012

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"I was afraid. My leg went numb and started bleeding, but I carried on walking," 7-year-old Mohammed told the BBC. Mohammed was shot in the knee at a ...

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LOOK: Having Trouble Visualizing The Bloodshed In Syria?

Posted 01.18.2012

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As the number of protesters killed in Syria's uprising continues to ratchet up, the mounting death toll has soared to numbers that are difficult for t...

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Despite Bloodshed, Russia Keeps Up Support For Assad Regime

Reuters | Posted 03.18.2012

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By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Russia signalled on Tuesday it would not make major concessions over its draft Security ...

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12 Killed In Syria

Reuters | Posted 03.17.2012

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(adds monitors may stay in Syria til Jan.22. para 13) * Six civilians, five soldiers die, brigadier assassinated * Arab ...

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Syrian Troops Open Fire On Protesters

AP | BASSEM MROUE | Posted 03.10.2012

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BEIRUT — Syrian troops fired on protesters Monday in the restive city of Homs as Arab League observers toured the area to see whether President ...

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Activists: Syria Misleads Arab League Observers

AP | BASSEM MROUE and ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 03.05.2012

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BEIRUT — Activists accused the Syrian regime Wednesday of misleading Arab League observers by taking them to areas loyal to the government, chan...

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Arab Body Says Monitors Should Leave Syria

AP | Posted 03.02.2012

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CAIRO -- A pan-Arab body called Sunday for the immediate withdrawal of the Arab League monitors in Syria because President Bashar Assad's regime has k...

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Deadly Violence Kills At Least 22 In Syria

AP | ZEINA KARAM | Posted 02.29.2012

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BEIRUT — In the largest protests Syria has seen in months, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets Friday in a display of defiance t...

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