Syria Homs

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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Observers Visit Homs

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 04.22.2012

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BEIRUT — Five unarmed U.N. truce monitors toured the battered city at the heart of the Syrian uprising on foot Saturday, encountering unusually ...

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Heavy Shelling In Homs

AP | BASSEM MROUE | Posted 04.21.2012

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BEIRUT — Syrian troops fired tear gas and bullets on thousands of protesters who spilled out of mosques after noon prayers Friday, activists sai...

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'The Annan Plan Is The Last Chance'

AP | BEN HUBBARD | Posted 04.19.2012

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BEIRUT — Syrian security forces opened fire Wednesday on anti-regime demonstrators surrounding the cars of a U.N. team meant to monitor a shaky ...

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PHOTOS: Syria's Homs Shattered After Months Of Shelling

Posted 04.17.2012

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After months of shelling by security forces, parts of Syria's city of Homs have been left in ruins. Homs has been the capital of resistance in the...

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Rwanda, Syria and the Responsibility to Protect

Simon Adams | Posted 04.04.2012

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"Where is the world?" This is a question we have seen Syrians scrawl upon crude placards in Homs and elsewhere. And while the diplomatic mission of Kofi Annan must be vigorously supported, the time has arrived to begin contemplating other measures.

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Shelling And Killing Despite Ceasefire Pledge

Reuters | Posted 04.03.2012

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By Erika Solomon and Dominic Evans BEIRUT, April 2 (Reuters) - Syrian government forces bombarded opposition targets in the city of...

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Activists: Syrian Fighters And Regime Troops Clash In Hama, Daraa

AP | BEN HUBBARD | Posted 05.22.2012

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BEIRUT — Syrian troops shelled and raided opposition areas and clashed with rebel fighters around the country Thursday despite U.N. efforts to s...

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YEAR IN REVIEW: Timeline Of Events In Syria

Posted 03.15.2012

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It has been a year since protesters in Syria first took to the streets to demand greater freedoms and political participation. As protests spread acro...

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France: Syrian Opposition Won't Receive Arms

AP | ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 05.15.2012

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PARIS — France's foreign minister has rejected weapons requests by the Syrian rebel forces, saying Thursday that arming the Syrian opposition co...

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A Year Of Bloodshed In Syria

Reuters | Posted 05.15.2012

By Crispian Balmer and Dominic Evans BEIRUT, March 15 (Reuters) - Syria marked the first anniversary on Thursday of an increasingly bl...

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71-Year-Old Surgeon Smuggles Himself Into Syria To Save Lives

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 05.13.2012

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GENEVA -- French surgeon Jacques Beres has operated in war zones for 40 years, but he says the carnage in Syria is among the most horrific he has ever...

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HORROR: Boy Shot In Back In Syria

Posted 03.13.2012

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Extremely disturbing footage out of Homs purports to show a young boy shot in the back by a sniper on one of the city's streets. In the video, the...

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Car Bomb Rocks Southern Syria

Reuters | Posted 05.12.2012

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AMMAN, March 12 (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in Syria's southern city of Deraa on Monday, activists said, killing up to three people in a neighbo...

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Kofi Annan Says Syria Mission On Track

Reuters | Posted 05.12.2012

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By Alistair Lyon BEIRUT, March 12 (Reuters) - U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan feels his Syria mediation mission is on track even th...

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Tankfire Crushes Protests

Reuters | Posted 05.09.2012

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By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN, March 9 (Reuters) - Syrian tanks fired on opposition districts in Homs on Friday, killing four people,...

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The Absurdity of Assad's Syria and Obama's Calculated Inaction

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 05.08.2012

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In an election year beset by economic and geopolitical turmoil, it would serve Obama well to remind the world of the two very words that landed him in the White House. Give us "hope" and act boldly, and in doing so, bring about real "change" for those suffering in Syria.

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Syrians Share Tales Of Slaughter

Posted 03.06.2012

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They had been walking for days when a BBC film crew met them on a road outside of Homs. The group of refugees was fleeing the city's besieged neighbor...

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Survivors: Smell Of Death Filled Baba Amr

Reuters | Posted 05.06.2012

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By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT, March 6 (Reuters) - Residents of Baba Amr who fled to Lebanon said the smell of decomposed bodie...

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Video Allegedly Shows Torture In Homs Hospital

Reuters | Posted 05.05.2012

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LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) - Secretly shot video footage aired on Monday by a British television station shows what it said were Syrian patients bein...

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Hundreds Of Syrian Families Cross Into Lebanon

Reuters | Posted 05.05.2012

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By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN, March 5 (Reuters) - Syria's military pursued a crackdown on rebels on several fronts on Monday, days af...

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Red Cross Again Denied Acces To Besieged Neighborhood

Reuters | Posted 05.03.2012

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By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, March 3 (Reuters) - Syrian authorities prevented a convoy of life-saving aid from entering the Baba Amro...

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Catastrophic Conditions In Syria's Homs

AP | ZEINA KARAM | Posted 05.03.2012

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BEIRUT — Syrian forces launched a fresh assault on Homs on Saturday as the Red Cross pressed forward with efforts to deliver badly needed aid to...

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Q&A: Understanding Syria's Uprising

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.02.2012

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After weeks of bloody siege, Syrian troops have moved into one of the most restive neighborhoods of Homs, one of the cities at the center of the count...

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WATCH: Struggle To Survive In Syria

Posted 03.02.2012

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"More than half of the residents have left and still there is not enough bread," a man standing in line for bread in the Syrian city of al-Qusayr told...

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