The Christian Science Monitor
The opposition wants Assad to step down; to enable a transition to take place. The United States and its European and Arab partners will threaten the Assad regime with global sanctions if it fails to quickly implement a Syrian peace plan that...
NOW Lebanon
Syrian troops on Thursday rained shells on several regions of the northwestern province of Edleb, a hotbed of anti-regime sentiment, as at least 56 people were killed in violence across the country, monitors said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory...
Yedioth Ahronoth
Breaking News Canada's top diplomat on Friday called for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and his inner circle to be prosecuted for war crimes, and blasted Russia for stifling UN efforts to quell the violence. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird...
Daily News & Analysis
A high-profile general close to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family has defected, dealing his embattled regime another blow. "General Munaf Tlass defected three days ago, and he appears to have left Syria," a source close to the...
Voice of America
David Arnold July 06, 2012 Street demonstrations to bring an end to the Assad family's 42-year rule over Syria have turned into a bloody conflict, now in its 15th month, between one of the Middle East's best-equipped fighting forces and a growing...
The Daily Star
Activists reported at least 29 people killed across Syria on Friday as protesters took to the streets in several provinces after being urged to call for a "People's liberation war." The latest fatalities brought the death toll in the past two days to...