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Syrian troops storm Damascus refugee area
World
September 9, 2012
Syrian troops storm Damascus refugee area
Syrian government troops stormed an area of Damascus populated by Palestinian refugees on Saturday after a four-day artillery assault on…
Syrian state TV: Blast at Damascus mosque kills five security personnel
World
September 7, 2012
Syrian state TV: Blast at Damascus mosque kills five security personnel
An explosion outside a mosque in Syria's capital killed five security personnel on Friday and wounded several others, state television…
Twin bombs rock Damascus
World
September 2, 2012
Twin bombs rock Damascus
Twin bombs exploded near a tightly guarded government compound in the heart of Damascus on Sunday, state media said, as…
EgyptAir assigns larger plane for Syria flights
Business
August 19, 2012
EgyptAir assigns larger plane for Syria flights
Head of EgyptAir Ayman Nasser said that larger planes would head to Damascus and Aleppo to accommodate larger numbers…
Update: Gulf countries urge Lebanon exodus after abduction of more than 20
World
August 15, 2012
Update: Gulf countries urge Lebanon exodus after abduction of more than 20
Four Gulf countries — Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia — urged their citizens to stay away from…
Syrian TV: Blast near Damascus hotel used by UN
World
August 15, 2012
Syrian TV: Blast near Damascus hotel used by UN
DAMASCUS — Syrian state-run TV says a bomb has exploded near a fuel truck outside a hotel where UN observers…
Blasts in Aleppo, Damascus as US pushes for regime fall
World
August 11, 2012
Blasts in Aleppo, Damascus as US pushes for regime fall
Syrian forces shelled rebels in the battle-scarred Aleppo and blasts rocked Damascus on Saturday, as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for the regime's…
Alawite filmmaker assassinated in Damascus
World
August 7, 2012
Alawite filmmaker assassinated in Damascus
An Alawite film director was assassinated near his home on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria's General Cinema Institute said on Tuesday. "Treacherous hands…
Onslaught looms as Assad forces pound Aleppo outskirts
World
July 27, 2012
Onslaught looms as Assad forces pound Aleppo outskirts
President Bashar al-Assad's artillery pounded rebel-held areas around Aleppo on Friday, preparing the ground for an onslaught on Syria's biggest…
Syrian forces pound Aleppo and Damascus
World
July 26, 2012
Syrian forces pound Aleppo and Damascus
BEIRUT — Damascus and Aleppo came under shell fire on Thursday as troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad stepped up…