Syria
Assad forces renew barrage on Syria's Homs
AMMAN/BEIRUT - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces bombarded opposition Sunni Muslim districts in the city of Homs for the 20th day on Thursday, activists said, despite international outrage over the reported killing of more than 80 people on Wednesday. | Video
Assad forces bomb Syria's Homs
AMMAN/BEIRUT - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces rained rockets and bombs down on opposition-held neighborhoods of the city of Homs on Wednesday, reducing buildings to rubble and killing more than 80 people, including two Western journalists. | Video
Analysis: Inside and out, divisions keep Syria in stalemate
LONDON - "World, please help us!" has been a refrain of Syrians under siege by their own government in Homs, Deraa and other cities.
U.S. and French journalists killed in Syria
AMMAN/BEIRUT - American correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday when rockets fired by government forces hit the house they were staying in, opposition activists and witnesses said. | Video
Factbox: Journalists killed in Syria
- Two Western journalists were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday.
U.N. says humanitarian chief to head to Syria soon
UNITED NATIONS - U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos will head to Syria soon in an attempt to secure access for aid workers seeking to deliver emergency relief to people trapped in the country's conflict zones, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
Wounded French reporter at risk of bleeding to death - activists
BEIRUT - A French journalist wounded in Syria is at risk of bleeding to death without urgent medical care, activists said on Wednesday, hours after she and five other journalists were hit by an army bombardment of a rebel stronghold.
U.S. hints at possibility of arming Syrian rebels
WASHINGTON - The United States on Tuesday appeared to open the door to eventually arming the Syrian opposition, saying if a political solution to the crisis were impossible it might have to consider other options.
U.S. hints at possibility of arming Syrian rebels
WASHINGTON - The United States on Tuesday appeared to open the door to eventually arming the Syrian opposition, saying if a political solution to the crisis were impossible it might have to consider other options.
UN chief sees aid as first role for Syria envoy
UNITED NATIONS - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday he was working urgently to find a special envoy for Syria who would initially have a humanitarian role but would also seek a political solution for the violence-torn country.
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