Syria
Syria blames rebels for Houla massacre
AMMAN - Facing growing world outrage over the killing of at least 109 people in a restive town, Syria on Sunday accused rebels of carrying out the massacre, in which dozens of children perished.
Protests erupt in Syria after massacre, 2 killed
AMMAN - Syrian forces shot dead at least two men on Sunday as protests broke out to condemn a massacre that killed at least 109 civilians, many of them children, in the town of Houla, opposition activists said.
Syrian authorities deny carrying out Houla massacre
AMMAN - Syrian authorities on Sunday denied carrying out a massacre after opposition activists said at least 109 civilians were killed in the central town of Houla, among the worst carnage in the 14-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
Clinton to visit Scandinavia, Caucasus, Turkey
WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leaves next week on an eight-day trip to Scandinavia, the Caucasus and Turkey that will cover security issues such as Iran and Syria as well as the environment and health.
Lebanese Syria hostage release delayed, massacre claimed
BEIRUT/AMMAN - Lebanon said on Friday that a group of Lebanese Shi'ites kidnapped in Syria had been freed and were safe in Turkey, but produced no sign of the hostages at the centre of a kidnap drama heightening tensions over the conflict in neighbouring Syria. | Video
Russian arms shipment en route to Syria - report
UNITED NATIONS - A Russian cargo ship loaded with weapons is en route to Syria and due to arrive at a Syrian port this weekend, Al Arabiya television said in a report that Western diplomats in New York described on Friday as credible.
Annan to visit Syria soon, spokesman says
GENEVA - International peace mediator Kofi Annan will visit Syria "soon," his spokesman told Reuters on Friday, in what would be the former U.N. Secretary-General's first visit since he presented his peace plan to Syria's government in early March.
Factbox - U.N. reports little progress in Syria toward peace
- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council in a letter on Friday there has been little progress toward peace in the 14-month-old conflict between Syrian government forces and an increasingly militarized opposition.
U.N. says Syria bombings show marks of "terrorist groups"
UNITED NATIONS - The size and sophistication of some recent bomb attacks in Syria suggest that "established terrorist groups" may have been behind them, the U.N. chief said on Friday, in a letter in which he urged states not to supply arms to government or rebel forces.
Lebanese hostages in Syria released
BEIRUT - Lebanese hostages kidnapped in northern Syria were set free on Friday and were on their way to Beirut, Lebanon's prime minister and an Islamist cleric who brokered their release said.
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