Syria

France makes a bold move on Syria - gamechanger?

President Hollande breaks from the US and UK to back a Syrian provisional government [more]

France makes a bold move on Syria - gamechanger?

Suffering Syria confronts another winter

Humanitarian crisis grows as thousands more flee fighting and supplies run out ...

US formally backs Syria opposition. Endgame for Assad?

US and EU recognise opposition coalition, as 'Friends of Syria' meet in Marrakesh ...

Is this the beginning of the end for Assad?

Rebel advances and diplomatic setbacks signal big trouble for the Syrian regime ...

Syria back online – but fresh fears arise over chemical weapons

The blackout is over for now, but western allies in emergency talks over chemical threat ...

Car bombings kill dozens in Damascus

With at least 34 people killed, the situation in Syria is deteriorating as winter sets in ...

Trolling for brides in Syrian refugee camps

Assad's displaced victims now have yet another thing to worry about ...

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Bloody hands banned from the Olympics Decision to bar Syrian general opens up all sorts of exciting possibilities ...	Moscow 'sends Assad attack helicopters' Russia's state-owned arms dealer sponsoring Syria massacres. Join the call to stop it ...
Syria: children used as human shields UN representative says situation worse than any she has encountered ...	Fresh killings in cradle of Syria's uprising 33 reported dead on Saturday, as Russia plays the west for fools ...
UN chief: Assad regime has 'lost humanity' Ban Ki-moon condemns Assad regime in strong terms, as Avaaz launches appeal ...	While the world waits With Annan's peace plan in tatters, millions need help now. Join our call ...
Lovefest in Beijing Putin's China trip gives new partners opportunity for some joint muscle-flexing ...	Still fighting Tiananmen Beijing continues to censor its history, while blocking global action on Syria ...
France looks right \| Shanghai talks security \| A day for Mother Nature France heads back to the polls this week as the IAEA and 'Shanghai group' discuss Iran ...	Rubbernecking the Syria crisis The world is focused on Syria: that doesn't mean global action to end the violence is coming soon ...
Ban them from the Olympics UK ponders barring Assad's henchmen from London 2012. But why stop there? ...	'Don't just count dead children' Avaaz launches appeal as citizens in Houla warn of another major assault ...
It's already happening again Under the noses of the UN monitors, the assault on the innocent continues ...	Will the world look away? Dozens of children butchered in the town of Houla. This massacre the world cannot ignore ...
First person: a doctor at war 'Being caught with patients is like being caught with a weapon,' says surgeon in Idlib ...	'Intolerable situation' goes on... and on Kofi Annan insists his peace plan is 'only option' to avoid war. Yet only Russia thinks it's working ...
Bread for Syria's hungry Activists and bakers team up to feed refugees in Lebanon ...	Murdoch on the brink \| Putin's back \| Syria 'votes' Sham elections, more nuclear fireworks, and News International in the dock again ...
Annan plan in gutter as both sides ramp up attacks in Homs Avaaz special report on UN observer mission ...	Mystery of the mosque suicide bomb that wasn't Did a suicide bomber really blow himself and nine others apart in Damascus last week? ...
Rape – a tool for repression Untold story of Assad's use of sexual violence to quell democratic uprising ...	No ceasefire – but a Plan B? UN pushes on with Kofi Annan's peace plan, even though it isn't working. But could it still be an opportunity? ...
Why is Bahrain getting away with murder? Russia backs Syria, so who backs Bahrain? Not the USA, surely? ...	Who still likes Bashar al-Assad? On Syrian independence day, which world leaders sent him greetings – if no cake? ...
Through the looking-glass: Bashar and Asma do charity Syrian dictator and glamorous wife help bag food aid for war victims. What did people in Homs think? ...	The town where they do the best banners From occupied Kafranbel: 'Special offer: collect 12,000 martyrs and win 30 inspectors!' ...
Blue helmets in as new violence erupts Small UN observation team arrives to monitor the ceasefire that only Kofi Annan still believes in ...	Seven dead, more arrested across Syria UN scrambles to rescue peace plan after day of horrors ...
Avaaz at the Guardian There will be a democratic Syria, says executive director Ricken Patel. People are less divided than we think ...	Is the ceasefire holding? Assad has promised to stop the attacks. Will he? Here's a live map tracking reports from citizen journalists on the ground ...
The crisis bleeds on UN deadline expires as Assad's relentless crackdown spreads over the borders ...	Vogue's desert rose – banned in Europe EU imposes travel ban and asset freeze on luxury-loving Asma al-Assad ...
Can New York impose peace? UN security council finally condemns Assad with one voice, but violence continues ...	Opposition militia accused of torture and abduction Human rights group lays out disturbing evidence of abuse by both sides ...
New cyber-assault by Assad's trolls Virtual war between opposition activists and regime's techies hots up ...	Alien world to help out, since this one refuses to A year on from uprising against Assad, rulers of planet Zarlkom 12 have had enough ...
Another Homs? Citizen journalists report new wave of torture and killing in Idlib ...	Chávez fuels Assad's murder machine Venezuela's president ships oil to Syrian regime, despite citizens' fury ...
Cracks in Assad's house? Minister quits 'criminal regime' Most senior defector yet accuses his own government of 'barbarism' ...	Hope – or another Srebrenica? In Syria, the horror continues ...
Escape from Homs? Rescuing injured from Assad's vicious assault on Baba Amr ...	Activists killed rescuing trapped journalists The people of Homs refuse to let Assad's guns silence them ...
Pakistan's test \| Google: don't be evil \| Real rights council? Democracy, privacy, human rights – everything to play for in next few days ...	Now the whole world is watching Murder of journalists Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik piles pressure on Assad ...
Assad hunts down brave bloggers Syrian regime opens new front in its war on democracy ...	No safety for Syria \| Taliban talks peace \| Big win for tigers Big cats get protection from international community – Syrians, not so much ...
Axing Acta \| Botched attack in Thailand \| Debt odyssey continues \| Turkey twiddles Netizens v censor; Iran v Israel; euro v democracy; Assad v Syrian people ...	Massacre feared in Syria \| Canapes in Washington \| Raters gone wild Assad advances against rebels; Obama meets Chinese VP; eurozone still in crisis ...
Athens and Homs in flames \| Murdoch crisis deepens \| Monk arrested Violent protest in Greece; murder in Homs; media mogul may face Feds; Burmese repression ...	Make or break for Arab spring \| Venezuelan thriller \| Financial crisis crunch Voting in Egypt, Turkmenistan and Venezuela; summit of finance ministers in Beijing ...
In Homs's darkest hour, a story of hope We help activist escape Assad’s brutality just in time ...	Smuggling hope into desperate Syria We're launching a fundraiser to buy medical supplies and cameras for besieged citizens ...
UN Security Council: 40 years of bad vetoes Once again, world's most powerful countries choose self-interest ...	Avaaz exclusive: Assad forces kill baby in front of activist father The regime tortures a four-month girl to death to crush her parent ...
A Syrian boy says thanks Assad's 10 months of terror can't crush the people's hopes ...	Avaaz exclusive: inside Assad's secret prisons Security forces are electrocuting and mangling activists in makeshift jails ...
Avaaz exclusive: Assad has killed over 400 children At least 39 of them died in the country's torture dungeons, during Assad's nine-month crackdown ...	Avaaz exclusive: Syria's hell hospitals Assad's militias are torturing medics and snatching wounded citizens from treatment facilities ...
No more lies: Assad and generals order murder The commands come right from the top, a shocking new report reveals ...

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