Russia accuses US of using Syrian talks to effect ‘regime change’Moscow unhappy with John Kerry’s claim that forming transitional authority was sole purpose of peace talksFri Feb 14 2014 - 19:10
UN mediator has talks with US and Russia over Syrian deadlockMoscow and western powers disagree on resolution over access to besieged areasFri Feb 14 2014 - 01:00
Brahimi to hold trilateral talks on SyriaUS and Russia meeting brought forward as government, opposition remain deadlockedThu Feb 13 2014 - 00:41
Syrian peace talks make little progress, says United Nations mediatorAl-Qaeda offshoot begins withdrawal from besieged Yarmouk, says Al JazeeraWed Feb 12 2014 - 01:00
Mismatch at talks as government team faces off with disjointed Syrian oppositionUnited Damascus delegation contrasts with a coalition torn by regional rivalriesTue Feb 11 2014 - 01:00
Second round of Syrian peace talks open in toxic atmosphereEach side accuses the other of firing on UN convoys in HomsTue Feb 11 2014 - 01:00
More than 600 civilians evacuated from HomsSyrian delegation arrives in Geneva for second round of talks with oppositionMon Feb 10 2014 - 01:00
Thousands of Iraqi women tortured, says Human Rights WatchReport says legacy of abuse inherited from Saddam Hussein lives onFri Feb 07 2014 - 01:00
UN accuses both sides in Syria of grave violations against children10,000 children have been killed and ‘unspecified numbers’ abused and torturedThu Feb 06 2014 - 01:00
Media circus replaces jazz as Syrian peace talks caravan rolls into MontreuxThe small Swiss town was beseiged by 40 ministers, UN officials and scores of journalists looking for wifiTue Feb 04 2014 - 01:00
Barrel bombs dropped on Aleppo kill over 80 peopleSyrian army steps up bombardment of rebel-held areaMon Feb 03 2014 - 01:00
US says Syria has not handed over bulk of chemical weaponsPeace talks delegations observe minute’s silence for tens of thousands killedFri Jan 31 2014 - 01:00
Syrian government says it is ready to discuss transitional authorityGap between sides very large, says Brahimi, but ice is breaking slowlyThu Jan 30 2014 - 01:00
Warring factions hit deadlock in Syrian peace talksUN envoy encouraged that parties wish to continue talksWed Jan 29 2014 - 01:00
Syrian talks hit impasse as mission to Homs stallsGovernment plan for expanded national unity government headed by President Bashar al-Assad rejectedTue Jan 28 2014 - 01:00
Women and children to be allowed to leave HomsAid waiting outside rebel-held Syrian city as peace talks in Geneva stallMon Jan 27 2014 - 01:00
Syrian talks to begin in earnestBrahimi achieves major breakthrough in bringing both sides face to faceSat Jan 25 2014 - 01:05
Sides edge towards direct talks on Syria after mediationUN meetings lay groundwork for further talks with delegations this morningFri Jan 24 2014 - 01:00
Montreux talks still far from crossing great divide on SyriaThere was little goodwill amid plain disagreement at yesterday’s talks in the Swiss cityThu Jan 23 2014 - 01:00
Bitter exchanges as Syria summit beginsStark divisions in Montreux over Assad’s role in country’s futureThu Jan 23 2014 - 01:00
Obama and Putin speak on eve of peace talksNo agreement between two leaders on desired outcome of Syria summit in MontreuxWed Jan 22 2014 - 01:00
Assad tells Russians he plans to stay in powerSyrian president rejects stepping down ahead of peace talks brokered by Washington and MoscowMon Jan 20 2014 - 01:00
Egyptian regime under pressure to switch order of electionsThe landslide approval of a new constitution will increase calls for presidential poll to be held before a parliament is electedSat Jan 18 2014 - 01:00
Egyptian voters approve new constitutionMilitary maintains budgetary independenceFri Jan 17 2014 - 01:00
Egyptians show no sign of election fatigue at third constitutional pollThe referendum is being seen as an endorsement of Morsi’s oustingThu Jan 16 2014 - 01:03
Egyptians vote for their future on first day of constitutional referendumVoters are upbeat at some polling stations; at others the mood is seriousWed Jan 15 2014 - 01:00
Low turnout predicted in Egyptian referendum on divisive constitutionAllies of the Muslim Brotherhood have threatened to attack polling stationsTue Jan 14 2014 - 01:00
Egypt’s military chief to consider standing in elections to select Morsi successor later in yearGen Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi urges Egyptians to vote in force for new constitutionMon Jan 13 2014 - 01:00
Syrian opposition fails to agree on peace talks delegationAlmost 500 people killed in eight days of fighting between insurgents and jihadisFri Jan 10 2014 - 19:46
Syrian rebels seize headquarters of al-Qaeda-linked factionAs Qatar, Saudia Arabia and UAE compete for influence, National Coalition postpones peace conference decisionThu Jan 09 2014 - 01:00
Iraqi PM urges people to drive out al-QaedaAppeal to Falluja as Sunni tribesmen fight to retake areas of nearby RamadiTue Jan 07 2014 - 01:00
Kingdom is world’s 20th largest importerDeeply conservative country is major market for European goodsTue Jan 07 2014 - 01:00
34 killed in air strikes by Iraq’s militaryAl-Qaeda hideouts hit as ‘concerned’ Kerry says US will not send in troopsMon Jan 06 2014 - 01:00
Repression by Iraq’s Shia regime sparks Sunni revoltFailing conciliation, Anbar uprising could spark full-scale Sunni rebellionSat Jan 04 2014 - 00:54
Air strikes ‘have killed more than 500 in last two weeks’Most fatalities caused by improvised bombs dropped from aircraft, says Syrian Observatory for Human RightsMon Dec 30 2013 - 01:00
Assassination of former Lebanese minister condemnedMohamad Shatah and five others killed by car bomb in central BeirutSat Dec 28 2013 - 01:00
Muslim Brotherhood members held as Egypt declares group a terrorist organisationAt least 38 members arrested in Cairo on terrorism chargesFri Dec 27 2013 - 01:00
Egypt jails key activists of 2011 uprisingApril 6th movement to hold countrywide protests on anniversary of revolutionMon Dec 23 2013 - 01:00
Syria involved in widespread ‘disappearing’ of people, says UN panelTargets include relatives of wanted men and civilians staying in rebel-held areasThu Dec 19 2013 - 22:29
28 children among dozens killed in Syrian military raids on rebel districtsCivilian onslaught coincides with UN appeal for $6.5bn to help 16 million peopleTue Dec 17 2013 - 01:00
Europe’s limited help to Syrians criticised by AmnestyThree infants die of cold in makeshift refugee campsSat Dec 14 2013 - 01:00
Fundamentalists massacre 15 Alawite and Druze civilians in SyriaKillings coincide with Syrian army taking control of Qalamoun region near LebanonFri Dec 13 2013 - 00:52
Democracy advocates in Egypt go on trialThree prominent democracy campaigners charged with participating in illegal protests and assaulting policeMon Dec 09 2013 - 01:00
Refugees struggle to make themselves at home in crammed Damascus hotel roomsFamilies try to establish routines as they settle into long-term staysSat Dec 07 2013 - 01:00
Suicide bomber kills four in DamascusSyria militants tighten grip on Christian town of MaloulaWed Dec 04 2013 - 01:00
Syrian opposition remains divided on approach to Geneva peace talksForeign minister says Damascus government will attend next month’s conferenceTue Dec 03 2013 - 01:01
Syrian hospitals and charities hampered by scarce resources and logistical challengesMedical supplies are brought in from Lebanon at great additional expenseMon Dec 02 2013 - 01:00
Damascenes create pockets of normality in midst of Syrian conflictLocals speak of the need to get on with daily life, in the face of constant fearSat Nov 30 2013 - 01:00
‘Outstanding’ society delivering aid in SyriaSyrian Arab Red Crescent is taking its polio campaign into all areasFri Nov 29 2013 - 01:00
Syrian coalition undecided on peace meetingGroup had originally agreed to attend Geneva conferenceWed Nov 27 2013 - 01:00
