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'We think it would be a mistake to disregard what the Syrian leadership is trying to do with the opposition, ' he said.

Torture in Syrian prisons, long known as some of the worst in the world, is now "rampant" according to a report by Human Rights Watch.

Syrian activist Khaled el Ekheytar said because of the media ban, it has been up to the protesters to get the word out to the world.

Meanwhile, the Syrian rights group, said the day of the Sava West Asia, the repression began, the government arrested at least 500 people.

The Syrian regime did not react on Thursday, but anti-regime protesters welcomed the long-awaited move.

Since the beginning of Syrian unrest, we have intensely pursued targeted financial measures to increase pressure on the Syrian regime.

Mr Hollande also urged the Syrian opposition to form a government of national unity, which he said France would recognize.

But as more Syrian expatriates return, they are pushing new trends and demanding the services and cuisine they have been used to outside.

The Russian leader also said he agreed with his Syrian counterpart that the United States could play a more active role.

Syrian activists say security forces have killed at least six people as they continue to try to crush protests against President Assad.

Such a revelation, sadly for the weary Lebanese people, might prove just as explosive as solid proof of Syrian complicity.

Take a good Syrian friend of mine. I invited him to a Chinese restaurant in Damascus a few years back. It was an experience for both of us.

The Arab League has been trying to convince the Syrian government to ease its violent crackdown on an uprising by demonstrators.

'I give great thanks to the heroes and revolutionaries of the Syrian people, ' he said. 'We say to you, we are with you. '

A decade or two ago Damascus offered just a handful of restaurants serving typical Syrian cuisine.

it is ready to improve relations with the Syrian government after years of tension.

He said he has emailed the former Apple CEO a few times but admitted that Syrian pride means he would never call him.

In two weeks, a Russian naval task force is to reach Syrian waters to be ready to help in the possible evacuation of Russians.

The only time UK viewers were able to see a programme which was principally about Syria was the BBC4 series Syrian School.

We never wanted things to arrive at this point, but unfortunately, the Syrian administration has forced us to take such a decision.

On the surface, there is nothing particularly novel about Iranian or Syrian hostility to the United States.

But she said Syrian secrecy fuelled US fears that the facility had a military purpose.

At least six people have been killed in Deraa since the unrest began on Friday; Syrian forces shot dead four on Friday and one on Sunday.

For the moment, though, the mainstream Syrian opposition is nearly uniform in its opposition to a role for Al Qaeda in its popular uprising.

He said he was a president "appointed by the Syrian people" , rather than "colonial powers" of the West or America.

The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.

It said the changes would radically alter the mission, but the Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem said that was not the case.

Toner said the Syrian opposition is evolving and is coming together despite the pressure from the Assad regime.

"We call on him to face the reality of the complete rejection of his regime by the Syrian people and to step aside, " they said.

Amano said IAEA staff will meet with Syrian officials on the matter in October.

Forcing Syrian forces to quit Lebanon after that country's "cedar revolution" in 2005 was one of Mr Bush's few achievements in the region.

The Syrian president isn't trying to negotiate with his opponents -- he's trying to divide and defeat them.

At this meeting the Kurds walked out when others wanted to keep the word "Arab" in the name of the Syrian Republic.

Protests have taken place in several other Syrian towns, including Homs, Banias, Deir ez-Zor and even, in a small way, Damascus itself.

Once again, it seems an Assad is trying to make an example of the defiant, religiously conservative Syrian city of Hama.

The Syrian army says it's found a mass grave containing some of the 120 security personnel killed last week.

The Syrian army was designed as a static force to ward off an Israeli attack, but it has shown itself to be surprisingly flexible.

Russia alone has had the wisdom to support dialogue and give a strong message to that effect when Syrian oppositionists visited Moscow.

Since the beginning of the Syrian revolution, each Friday has been given a name promoting a political cause.

President Obama has said he's horrified at what he called the Syrian government's "brutality against its own people" .

Former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel says it would not be acceptable for Syrian troops to stay within Lebanon's border.

The US says that it fears Syrian government forces are preparing to carry out a massacre in the country's most populous city, Aleppo.

There was a telling moment a few weeks back, as the Syrian president appeared before parliament.

State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly said the decision was conveyed on Tuesday to the Syrian government.

Many Western diplomats and commentators expressed doubts that the Syrian people might one day rise up to demand their rights and freedoms.

"Our plane was hit in international airspace, 13 nautical miles out of Syria, when Syrian territorial space is 12 miles, " he said.

History did not end, of course, and occasionally it peeked in on Syrian life.

I saw a Syrian who held in his hands a thin rod like a reed.

Over the weekend, the Egyptian press reported that the resumption of Israeli-Syrian negotiations would be discussed at the summit.

The Syrian offensive would have to be slowed and the Sinai front would be in severe jeopardy.

The secretary general of the Arab League said that the Syrian government had told him it would welcome a visit.

And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet: and none of them was cleansed but Naaman the Syrian.

Caption : Palmyra Ruins: In the heart of Syrian Desert it is hidden Palmyra, often described as the bride of the desert.

Historically, Chaldean praxis had, until recently, always been classed as being of the East Syrian Tradition of the Antiochene Rite.

He said that included Syria and that he had spoken to Syrian officials just over two weeks ago.

"The Syrian government must allow free movement and free access, " said the secretary of state.

Many of the foreigners who fetch up in Syrian jails are radicals who have been involved in religious schools.

Syrian authorities say those arrested will be in a state of emergency lifted in civil court for trial.

But today, Syrian forces move right up to that border, clearly visible from the Turkish side.

It's unclear how Harmoush, a native of the pummeled yet fiercely resistant Syrian city of Homs, ended up in regime custody.

"We call upon the Syrian government to fully commit to what it promised, " he said in Cairo.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on anti-government protesters has been leavened with at least verbal concessions to reform.

Syrian security officials have cracked down on the demonstrations, firing tear gas and live ammunition to disperse protesters.

She said that the Syrian leader was not indispensable after the attacks on civilians.

AS THE unrest enters its fifth month, there is still little hint of light at the end of the Syrian tunnel.

The Syrian foreign ministry rejected that proposal saying it would be a violation of Syrian sovereignty.

U. N. envoy Angelina Jolie traveled to Turkey's border with Syria on Friday to meet some of the thousands of Syrian refugees.

Kerry said Wednesday the U. S. is seeking ways to speed up the political transition the Syrian people are seeking.

With it, the war invaded a campus that, like much of Damascus, the Syrian capital, had done its best to go about its business.

Syrian security forces immediately closed off the neighborhood to investigate the cause of the bombing.

A large explosion has struck close to a military compound in the Syrian capital, Damascus, near a hotel used by the UN's observer mission.

Syrian government forces are setting out to strike the city's makeshift clinics, where the floor is already slick with blood.

Syrian activists gathered for a conference in Turkey dismissed the amnesty offer, with one describing it as "too little, too late" .

Nato has described the Syrian action as a flagrant breach of international law and said it stood by Turkey - a Nato member.

Lebanese officials spoke of at least four such attacks in the past two weeks, in which at least one Syrian soldier was killed.

The United States has been inspired by the Syrian peoples' pursuit of a peaceful transition to democracy.

Measurement of the Syrian miniature neutron source core average temperature by means of reactivity.

the collapse in oil prices, plus rapidly dwindling Syrian production of the stuff, confronts Mr Assad with a fast-approaching budget crisis.

I'm telling all my Christian friends not to be afraid of Syrian Islam. . . and don't miss the revolution train!

Opening a "Syrian track" is widely considered, by the new policymakers in Washington, to be a good idea.

israeli air strikes have killed several civilians in lebanon , including at least 17 syrian farm workers on the border in the bekaa valley.

"I'm from Jisr al-Shughour, " the Syrian man shouted in response to a question I yelled out in Arabic from across the street.

SYRIAN leaders are backing themselves into a corner by escalating a five-week-old standoff with protesters.

"And we also urge the Syrian government to refrain from in any way detaining . . . human rights activists or journalists, " he said.

Others do not dare enter areas of Beirut controlled by the Syrian Socialist National Party (SSNP).

Its Syrian director and Emirati producer say they aimed to help the healing of such tension by exploring its origins.

Syrian officials yesterday suggested they believed the attack was the responsibility of Islamist militants.

For weeks, the strip of Syrian land in the northwest lying next to Turkey has been a de facto buffer zone.

Syrian activists say a large number of tanks have been deployed in the town of Deir al-Zour and around the city of Homs.

Second, the consultation meeting on Syrian national dialogue mechanism concluded recently with a statement released.

Dan Layman is with the Syrian Support Group. He says getting Americans interested in the Syrian conflict has not been easy.

Like the Tunisian Bouazizi, the Syrian boy Hamza has become the symbol for a revolt in which the blood keeps flowing.

A member of the opposition Syrian National Council claimed the figure was as high as 50.

The Syrian regime has dramatically intensified its crackdown against the protesters in an effort to crush the opposition.

Residents of the Syrian city of Deraa say the army has seized control of a mosque associated with anti-government protesters.

Today's isolation is worse that at any point in the four decades of Assad rule, but the Syrian regime is used to being left out in the cold.

Syrian flag, three kilometres long, was paraded up and down the road.

Whereas the troops in Cairo's Tahrir Square would not fire into the crowd, Syrian soldiers are steeped in blood.

On their perilous journey across the desert they finally spotted signs of what they believed was Syrian habitation.

Lebanon's Western-backed government is locked in a close electoral contest with the pro-Syrian Hezbollah and its allies.

The centre is believed to be staffed by up to 22 people, most of them Syrian nationals.

There have been heavy casualties in a Syrian army attack against the city of Homs. More than 50 people have been documented as killed.

Above, a Syrian boy rides a tank alongside others waving the national flag and a soldier holding a portrait of President Bashar al-Assad.

On Thursday the Syrian government said it will consider reforms including an end to years of emergency law.

El Ekhetyar said residents told him that the Syrian army is also targeting refrigerator trucks which are being used as makeshift morgues.

But headcounts in the street are not the only thing to weigh against lingering Syrian control.

Others see it as a one-off PR stunt to appease the Syrian youth, and evidence that only superficial change is to come.

The Syrian government reckons that up to 15m of its citizens reside abroad, leaving 22m at home.

Britain is joining France in recognizing the new Syrian National Coalition as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people.

Indeed that question is already being raised by the sight of the Syrian government shooting its own citizens.

Militia troops drawn from local Syrian Christians, often used as garrison troops, armed with basic armour and a spear.

The Free Syrian Army says it has 22 "battalions" across the country, with field leaders taking orders from a central command in Turkey.

Rabin thought he could make a deal with Syrian president Hafez al-Assad before or soon after the Palestinian process was completed.

Late last month, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Mekdad visited Beijing at a time when his country faces serious internal unrest.

Auxilia Infantry, Syrian Archers, and late Auxilia Cavalry can only be recruited Outside of Italy.

She and other residents offered food, water and juice to the Syrian troops and said they had appealed for help from the army.

AMONG the gifts of new clothes and sweets for Eid al-Adha, the toy of choice for Syrian children this year has been the plastic gun.

Protests also took place in other Syrian cities.

The Syrian people must be allowed their universal rights to freely assemble and express themselves, the administration says.

this syrian leader had better stop killing his own people. look what happened to the leader of IRAQ. The same could happen to him too.

Depending on how the authorities in Damascus and Tehran treat them, the same may be true of Syrian and Iranian Kurds.

The Syrian-infiltrated Lebanese state is now desperately casting about for ways to survive the opposition wave.

The United States accused the Syrian authorities of organising a protest, at which its embassy was pelted with eggs and tomatoes.

These sanctions could include a freeze on the assets of Syrian government officials as well as a ban on US business ties.

"Many people have supported the Syrian regime because of its important role in the region in countering Israeli expansionism, " she said.

"We have no newspapers and only two TV stations, " moans Emile Lahoud, an MP and son of Lebanon's pro-Syrian president.

Reports from the Syrian city of Hama say government tanks have been shelling residential neighbourhoods indiscriminately.

The Syrian pound (currency code SYP) is the form of currency used in Syria.

On Monday unconfirmed reports surfaced of Syrian military units clashing with each other in Deraa when soldiers refused to open fire.

I was on my first trip to the region, back in the early 90s, in the Syrian capital of Damascus.

THE Syrian government's attempts to conceal the extent of the crackdown in the country have taken on an Orwellian quality.

Western diplomats said on Sunday they were concerned that the Syrian government would continue to escalate attacks.

Gemayel is the latest anti-Syrian politician to be assassinated in Lebanon in the past two years.

She urged those countries to impose sanctions on Syria's oil and gas industry and for Russia to end its arms sales to the Syrian government.

It links the capital Damascus with an enclaves that's home to the Alawite community which supports the Syrian president.

Recent government propaganda is just the tip of an iceberg of fear that affects and cripples every part of Syrian society.

Others say Harmoush was nabbed in Syrian territory, ensnared by a regime agent posing as an arms dealer in a sting.

Anger over the murder unleashed a torrent of anti-Syrian sentiment in Lebanon that helped propel the Syrian military back across its border.

Kurdish officials say their own history of suffering gives them responsibility to help Syrian Kurds.

But until now, other than having his drawings banned, he and his Damascus gallery have largely been endured by the Syrian regime.

International Atomic Energy Agency passed a resolution by a slight majority, the Syrian nuclear program to the UN Security Council.

SALOME It is of my mother that he is speaking. THE YOUNG SYRIAN Oh no, Princess. SALOME Yes: it is of my mother that he is speaking.

On the first issue, Assad hedged, saying the Lebanese talks should resume once some headway had been made on the Syrian track.

The reports accused international media of "plotting" against the Syrian government and "broadcasting lies. "

The term of the last Lebanese president, pro-Syrian Emile Lahoud, expired last November.

The Syrian opposition has rejected Assad's proposal and demanded again for him to step down.

But the Syrian government does have such weapons and Nuland says the U. S. is worried about Syrian intentions.

The declaration by the Red Cross that the Syrian conflict constituted a civil war confirmed what many observers have already said.

The president announced the immediate freeze of all Syrian government assets that are subject to U. S. jurisdiction.

Tens of thousands of Syrians have challenged the authority of the Syrian government.

Turkey says the warplane was over international waters when it was shot down after straying briefly into Syrian airspace.

In recent days, both Syrian and Israeli officials have talked about renewing efforts to end their dispute over the Golan Heights.

However, his works were preserved in Syrian and Arabic cultures and were revived at the end of the twelfth century.

its Syrian ally has so far weathered the storm without a hitch.

"They know that people did not elect Bashar al-Assad or the rest of his family, " says the Syrian political analyst.

Syrian TV said a mass grave had been discovered containing the bodies of dozens of security personnel.

The United States dismissed a promise this week by the Syrian president to permit reforms.

That message also sharply protested an attack by Isreali torpedo boats on a Soviet merchant ship in a Syrian harbor.

There have been no independent or Syrian opposition reports from the town, which is close to the Turkish border.

A draft of a UN Security Council resolution condemning the Syrian crackdown is circulating.

A draft of a UN Security Council resolution condemning the Syrian crackdown is circulating.

Gaddafi's widow Safia October 21 request by the Syrian media and the UN investigation Gaddafi death of his son Maxim muta truth.

Three people, including a 13-year-old boy, have died in an explosion at a petrol station in the Syrian capital Damascus, officials say.

"From here, we warn the Syrian regime not to make any mistakes, not to test Turkey's decisiveness and wisdom, " Mr. Erdogan said.

S. officials say they have been monitoring Syrian military activity along the Lebanese border.

Among other nations calling for a Syrian pullout are Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Russia, France and Britain.

It's been going on for almost two years now with Syrian government forces fighting against rebel groups.

The United Nations has said there's an urgent need for civilians to be protected from the Syrian government's use of excessive force.

were described as being of Turkish nationality or Syrian race as they passed through Ellis Island on their journeys to or from Cuba.

The determination and bravery of Syrian demonstrators has confounded outside observers and surprised many Syrians themselves.

The determination and bravery of Syrian demonstrators has confounded outside observers and surprised many Syrians themselves.

The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says his government is in no danger of falling despite five months of street protests.

The Syrian authorities have launched a heavy attack on the southern town of Deraa, the centre of anti-government protests.

The Obama administration will also "take steps to mitigate any unintended effects of the sanctions on the Syrian people, " she added.

THE Syrian regime looks to have realised that the pen is mightier than the sword, despite its reliance on the latter.

Coll suggests that he was haunted by the low status of his Syrian mother.

The Syrian experience convinced mainstream Islamic movements to avoid armed struggle and to observe "strategic patience" instead.

Earlier, the Syrian authorities said people should hand in their weapons in exchange for an amnesty.

The Kurdish districts of Damascus and Aleppo have been blockaded by the Syrian security forces.

Clinton told reporters in Washington that the Syrian military should immediately end attacks and provocations in the region.

N. Security Council should "take stronger action" in imposing sanctions against the Syrian government.

The Syrian National Council is a divided gaggle of exiles, with only limited authority in a place they still call home.

The Syrian Orthodox community beyond the monastery has suffered repeated attacks, with land around villages often set on fire.

Russia has accused the United States of arming the Syrian opposition in its fight against the government.

The U. S. also blocked a Syrian cargo plane from landing in Pyongyang in 2007, due to similar concerns.

Q: Are there any real commonalities between the Iranian, Egyptian, Syrian and Saudi Arabian blogospheres, or any radical differences?

ANGER on the Syrian street is not just directed at President Bashar Assad and his regime. It is also being aimed at the opposition.

witnesses say gunmen stopped a car , got into a gun fight with syrian guards , then blew up their car.

NTC officially recognised Syrian demonstrators as the legitimate authority in Syria.

Question #2: If you were the Syrian President negotiating with Israel from a position of weakness, what can you do to gain leverage?

For example, it was the sons and relatives of these powerful figures who monitored the recent Syrian opposition meeting in Turkey.

Such a ceremony would still be against Syrian law, which states the minimum age for marriage is 17 for women and 18 for men.

A helicopter has crashed near the Syrian capital, Damascus, Syrian state television has said.

Syrian and Egyptian activists have prevented Syrian opposition leaders from meeting the Arab League in Cairo, accusing them of treachery.

Syrian state television says army units have begun to withdraw from the central city of Hama.

The UN Security Council has failed thus far to get a resolution condemning the Syrian government's actions.

Yemeni female anti-government protesters in Sana'a, Yemen, showing their hands painted with the colors of Syrian, Yemeni and Libyan flags.

Syrian activists say the city of Hama is suffering severe food and medical shortages after five days of being besieged by government forces.

From right: Minister- Plenipotentiary of the Embassy of the Syrian Arab Republic, Interpreter Wang Qian.

THE YOUNG SYRIAN: Do not stay here Princess. I pray you do not stay here.

Syrian government television said that "outlaws" and "terrorists" attacked and killed a number of Syrian soldiers in recent days.

Sanctions imposed last week on Syrian oil sales could have the greatest effect.

Syrian television dramas have long lampooned the security forces, joking about corruption and restrictions on free speech.

According to estimate from the United Nations, more than half a million Syrian refugees have crossed over the border.

The Arab League has publicly spoken of the Syrian people's legitimate aspirations for political and social reform.

As the Arab Spring spread across North Africa and the Middle East, Syrian youth began learning about the role of social media in it.

Diplomatic relations were broken off by America in 2005, but are being restored as it seeks Syrian help in the Middle East peace process.

Bin Laden's mother, Alia Ghanem, was a Syrian who ranked low in the hierarchy of Mohammed bin Laden's wives.

The Syrian people's fight for freedom promises to be long, uncertain, and violent.

He was allegedly directed by Syrian intelligence agencies to collect video and audio recordings, phone numbers and emails.

The Arab League could yet appoint a group of eminent independent Arabs to listen to all sides in the Syrian crisis and seek a "new Taif" .

More worryingly for the Syrian president is the political rhetoric accompanying the sanctions.

But as Soli Ozel, a political scientist, puts it, the Syrian crisis has revealed that "Turkey isn't as influential as it thought. "

Two senior U. S. diplomats are due to arrive in Damascus Saturday in a visit upgrading the level of U. S. -Syrian contacts.

In an interview with state television, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said EU sanctions would backfire.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah held talks with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman in Beirut, Friday.

Syrian authorities blame armed gangs and infiltrators supplied with weapons from Lebanon and Iraq for inciting the protests.

By the end of the shooting spree, more than 20 people were killed at the Syrian and Lebanese borders.

Lebanese officials say Syrian troops have entered Lebanon and shot dead a Syrian man living in a border area.

American intelligence officials maintain the bombed Syrian nuclear site was nearing completion.

"The Syrian government must immediately stop the violence and resume a path of dialogue with those who want reform, " Mr Frattini said.

One western diplomat says, "I was pleasantly surprised that Iraq merely abstained on Syrian sanctions. I thought they would vote against. "

The Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank was designated for being owned or controlled by the Commercial Bank of Syria.

Such talk is particularly loud online, where Syrian tweeters have voiced disdain for Turkey's attempts to get Mr Assad to end the bloodshed.

The pro-government demonstrations allowed the Syrian regime a way to make concessions from a position of strength rather than weakness.

Abbas and his conservative Arab allies say Hamas serves Iranian and Syrian interests, a charge it denies.

The mutilation and death in custody of a 13-year-old child has sparked further furious protests in Syrian city of Daraa.

But many Syrian opposition activists are skeptical that the mission can put real pressure on Assad to halt the violence.

Syrian officials accused Israel of the killing, but Israel denied responsibility.

Syrian opposition fighters have seized border crossings with Iraq and Turkey as Jim Muir reports from neighboring Lebanon.

VOA reporter Elizabeth Arrott recently visited Damascus. Her visit took place under the guidance of a Syrian government official.

"First of all, they are Arabs, " Mr. Azizi said of the Free Syrian Army. "We do not want the Arabs to control us. "

But beyond this, the government suspects Hizballah will try to further the interests of its Iranian and Syrian backers.

i agree with bleu in this being a national security measure. Again, Qatar is frequently visited by Iranian, syrian & Hamas officials.

All designs in this book were originally recorded in the 1870s, primarily from Egyptian, Persian and Syrian sources.

A powerful car bomb ripped through a suburb of the Syrian capital, Damascus yesterday, killing 17 people and injuring 17 more.

Some activists say Turkey handed Harmoush over to the Syrian secret police, a claim Turkish officials have privately denied.

Syrian opposition groups ended a two-day meeting in Turkey on Thursday with the demand that President Bashar al-Assad step down.

Syrian state television says a bomb has exploded near a hotel used by United Nations observers in Damascus, wounding three people.

Bush called upon Syrian President Bashir Assad to join in efforts to promote stability and "show leadership toward peace. "

THE YOUNG SYRIAN: Princess I cannot I cannot.

Syrian helicopters buzz rebel-held territory - occasionally firing rockets that raise plumes of smoke.

The US government has been critical of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government, and has called for his ouster.

A handful breached the walls and tore down the Stars and Stripes to replace it with the Syrian flag.

Once implemented, this will be a strategic setback for the Syrian and Iranian regimes.

He has planned meetings in Damascus Friday with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad as well as Hamas' top leader Khaled Meshaal.

Mr. Hitto greeted coalition members and gave a brief statement before singing the Syrian national anthem.

The Syrian regime has cultivated strong communal and political relations with Iran and the Shi'a community in Lebanon, now led by Hezbollah.

The Syrian opposition has announced it's formed a national council to present a united common front against its president Assad.

Last week Syrian and Arab officials announced that Syria had agreed to an Arab League initiative to end the violence.