Don’t ignore human rights, Africans told
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay African countries must integrate human rights in their development agendas as they prepare for next month’s crucial development conference in Rio de More...
Syrian activists: Homs calm as UN team visits
Ambassador of the Permanent Representative Mission of Syria to Geneva Faysal Khabbaz Hamoui, center, answers questions from the media after the Syrian Humanitarian Forum at the European headquarters of the United More...
West and Russia split over Syria; massacre in Homs
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The West clashed with Russia at the United Nations Security Council over Syria, as activists and the Damascus government traded blame for a massacre of civilians in the city of Homs. A More...
Annan ends Syria visit with no clear progress
BEIRUT | Mon Mar 12, (Reuters) – U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan has ended talks with President Bashar al-Assad and leftSyria with little sign of progress on halting the country’s growing political More...
Assad promises Annan to back any ‘honest’ peace bid
President al-Assad Meeting Annan Syrian President Bashar al-Assad promised international envoy Kofi Annan on Saturday that he would back any “honest” peace bid but warned dialogue would fail if “terrorist More...
Syria crisis: Kofi Annan meets Assad on peace mission
UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan is holding talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in a fresh diplomatic bid to end the violence. UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Mr Annan would call for an immediate ceasefire by More...
Syrian rebels reject Annan’s call for dialogue
CAIRO/BEIRUT | Fri Mar 9, (Reuters) – Kofi Annan, the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, said he would urge President Bashar al-Assad and his foes to stop fighting and seek a political solution, drawing More...
Man said to be Syrian official defects online
Relatives mourn the death of a relative moments after his death, killed by a Syrian Army sniper, at a hospital in Idlib, north Syria, Wednesday, March 7, 2012. The man was shot by a sniper and taken to hospital More...
Syrians flee to Lebanon amid Homs atrocity claims
Thousands of Syrians have recently crossed into Lebanon, the UN says, amid reports that security forces are committing atrocities in Syria. The UN refugee agency said as many as 2,000 people fled in the past two More...
John McCain Calls For U.S.-Led Airstrikes On Syria
Senator John McCain (AFP/File, Don Emmert) WASHINGTON — Top Republican Senator John McCain on Monday called for US air strikes on Syrian forces to protect population centers and create safe havens for opponents More...
