NOW Lebanon
Russia's foreign minister urged Syrian peace envoy Kofi Annan on Thursday to also put pressure on the rebels after the UN Security Council called on the regime to keep a deadline on troop withdrawals. The Russian Foreign Ministry said Sergei Lavrov...
NOW Lebanon
The Syrian regime has agreed to provide access to detention facilities throughout the country, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Thursday. Aleppo Central Prison," the statement said, without specifying a date. Syrian...
NOW Lebanon
The UN Security Council on Thursday called on Syria to "urgently" move to keep an April 10 deadline to withdraw troops and weapons from protest cities. The 15-nation council, including Russia and China, agreed a statement putting new pressure on...
The Daily Star
A team led by a Norwegian major general arrived in Damascus on Thursday to negotiate the possible deployment of a U.N. team that would monitor a cease-fire agreement between Syrian government troops and rebel forces, a spokesman for the U.N...His...
Zee News
Annan's spokesman Ahmad Fawzi said Syrian authorities "told us that they have begun withdrawing troops from certain areas", namely the cities of Deraa, Idlib and Zabadani. Speaking in Geneva, he said this was being verified, but did not say how. "...
International Business Times
Articles The confrontation took place in the Baajour neighbourhood, near the Lebanese University campus. Although supporters and opponents of the regime quickly fled the scene, police said an investigation has been launched. Similar clashes were also...