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Assad’s rule disintegrating, ex-PM says after defecting

YoopyaAug 14, 20120

(Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad controls less than a third of Syria and his power is crumbling, his former prime minister said on Tuesday, in

Exclusive: Libyan fighters join Syrian revolt

YoopyaAug 14, 20120

(Reuters) – Veteran fighters of last year’s civil war in Libya have come to the front-line in Syria, helping to train and organize rebels under

Syria to be suspended from international Islamic body: diplomat

YoopyaAug 13, 20120

(Reuters) – Syria will be suspended from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Wednesday for its violent suppression of a 17-month uprising against President Bashar

Doctors in Syria war zones risk all to treat wounded

YoopyaAug 13, 20120

(Reuters) – A week ago, British-Syrian doctor known as Abu Shamel was playing with his young son at home in Manchester. Now he is crouching

Syria crisis: Fighting rages ahead of UN Assembly vote

YoopyaAug 3, 2012June 2, 20240

There has been renewed fighting in Syria ahead of a UN General Assembly vote condemning its own Security Council for failing to end the unrest.

U.N. sees battle for Aleppo looming

YoopyaAug 3, 20120

(Reuters) – A long-expected Syrian army onslaught to drive rebel forces out of Aleppo is imminent, following a military build-up around the country’s biggest city,

Exclusive: Obama authorizes secret U.S. support for Syrian rebels

YoopyaAug 2, 2012August 2, 20120

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government,

Syrian rebels capture tank as Aleppo battle rages

YoopyaAug 2, 20120

(Reuters) – Syrian rebels turned the gun of a captured tank against government forces on Thursday, shelling a military airbase expected to be used as

Onslaught looms as Assad forces pound Aleppo outskirts

YoopyaJul 27, 20120

(Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad’s artillery pounded rebel-held areas around Aleppo on Friday, preparing the ground for an onslaught on Syria’s biggest city where the

Syrian forces pound Aleppo and Damascus

YoopyaJul 26, 20120

(Reuters) – Damascus and Aleppo came under shell fire on Thursday as troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad stepped up efforts to crush rebels threatening