http://www.news24.com/Tags/Topics/syria protests Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Thu, 17 May 2012 04:07:15 +0200 Syria boycotted a hearing by the United Nations' main anti-torture body avoiding a grilling over its crackdown on civilians during a year-old uprising. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Syria-boycotts-UN-torture-hearing-20120516 Assad says Syria is ready to show the world the foreign mercenaries fighting for opposition. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Assad-to-show-foreign-mercenaries-20120516 At least 15 civilians have been "summarily executed" by regime forces in a neighbourhood of the central Syrian city of Homs, says the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. http://www.news24.com/World/News/15-civilians-summarily-executed-in-Syria-20120516 People wounded in the crackdown on dissent in Syria, as well as medical personnel trying to treat them, risk arrest and even torture, the aid group MSF says. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Syria-Doctors-patients-fear-arrest-20120515 Syrian troops have pushed an assault on a rebel bastion, with dozens reportedly killed across the country, as Saudi Arabia warns that Kofi Annan's peace efforts appear to be failing. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Syria-Saudi-doubts-Annan-peace-plan-20120515 Israel is closely tracking events in Syria, fearing the collapse of President Bashar al-Assad's regime could see the Syrian Golan Heights fall to groups like al-Qaeda. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Assad-fall-may-bring-al-Qaeda-to-Golan-20120514 Fierce clashes between Syrian regime forces and armed rebels in the central city of Rastan have left at least 23 soldiers dead and dozens wounded, says an NGO. http://www.news24.com/World/News/23-Syrian-soldiers-killed-in-clashes-20120514 Two men have been killed and at least 20 have been wounded in clashes between Alawite supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Sunni Muslim fighters in Tripoli, say sources. http://www.news24.com/World/News/2-dead-20-hurt-in-Lebanon-clashes-20120514 European Union foreign ministers have agreed to fresh sanctions against Syria, the 15th round so far to protest the repression of dissidents by President Bashar al-Assad's regime. http://www.news24.com/World/News/EU-agrees-on-new-sanctions-against-Syria-20120514 The Syrian conflict has bred the emergence of obscure jihadists carrying out bloody attacks, either acting independently or manipulated by the regime, analysts say. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Obscure-jihadists-enter-Syrian-conflict-20120514 Turkey's ambassador to Syria says the people of that country are being "fed with fears" about their fate should Bashar Assad's regime fall. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Syrians-being-fed-with-fears-20120512 A video posted online in the name of a shadowy militant group late on Friday claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings in the Syrian capital this week that killed 55 people. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Militant-video-claims-deadly-Syria-bombings-20120512 Syria's authorities have refused to submit a report on torture in the country to a United Nations committee scheduled to discuss the situation there. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Syria-refuses-to-submit-torture-report-20120511 The Syrian regime is trying to destroy the UN-brokered peace plan aimed at ending 14 months of conflict, an opposition leader has told reporters. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Syrian-regime-trying-to-kill-Annan-plan-20120511 The Arab League chief says the suicide bombings that killed 55 people in Damascus were intended to undercut a UN mission to monitor a Syria truce brokered by envoy Kofi Annan. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Syria-bombers-aimed-to-foil-UN-Arab-league-20120510 Activists have called for mass anti-regime demonstrations in the Syrian capital Damascus following deadly suicide attacks they say were perpetrated by the regime. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Syria-activists-urge-protests-over-blasts-20120510 International envoy Kofi Annan has condemned blasts in the Syrian capital Damascus that have left at least 55 people dead and 372 wounded. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Annan-condemns-unacceptable-Syria-attacks-20120510 Jordan is expanding holding facilities for Syrian refugees amid an influx of arrivals that Jordanian authorities say has reached hundreds of people daily. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Jordan-expands-Syrian-refugee-centres-20120510 More than 40 people have been killed and 170 wounded in two powerful blasts that rocked the Syrian capital during the morning rush hour, state television reports. http://www.news24.com/World/News/More-than-40-killed-in-Syria-blasts-20120510 Dozens of people have been killed and wounded after two powerful blasts in quick succession rocked the Syrian capital at morning rush hour, says state television. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Dozens-killed-as-twin-blasts-rock-Damascus-20120510