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As Arab League officials try to quash the massacre in Syria, U.N. diplomats are expected to consider a draft resolution Monday that would "strongly condemn" human rights violations by Syrian authorities.

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Al Qaeda's leader has called for the ouster of Syria's "pernicious, cancerous regime," raising fears that Islamic extremists will try to exploit an uprising against President Bashar Assad.

White House Chief of Staff Jacob Lew says the days are numbered for the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The senior adviser to President Obama told Fox News' Chris Wallace Sunday morning that "serious financial pressure" leveled by the U.S. and its partners on Damascus could only lead to a single conclusion.

Ongoing Syrian unrests are being instigated by foreigners, The Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church, His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka said on Sunday at a meeting with Russian political experts visiting the country.

Six people were killed Saturday in Homs, Syria, marking the seventh straight day of attacks.

The Arab League was to consider a proposal Sunday to revive its suspended observer mission in Syria by expanding it to include monitors from non-Arab, Muslim nations and the United Nations, officials from the 22-member group said.

Gunmen assassinated an army general in Damascus Saturday in the first killing of a high ranking military officer in the Syrian capital since the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began in March, the country's state-run news agency said.

'We know who is shelling Homs': Anger of U.S. Ambassador at Syria's attacks on civilians as he posts aerial image of bombardments of Facebook More than 300 killed in city of Homs in the past week, with four more reported dead in shelling this morning The U.S. Ambassador to Syria has blamed the country's government for attacks on civilians and has ... (more)

"At 9 AM on Friday morning, a terrorist bomber driving a whit microbus with a fake license plate carrying the number 475475-Syria broke through the security barrier at the entrance of a law-enforcement department in the crowded area of al-Arkoub, blowing himself up," the statement said, adding that 11 were killed in the attack and 130 were wounded, ... (more)

A Syrian general was gunned down in the heart of the capital on Saturday as fresh violence flared in several cities and world powers mulled a way to halt the government's bloody offensive against civilians.

Fresh violence flared in several Syrian cities Saturday as world powers mulled a way to halt the government's bloody offensive against civilians.

A picture of Syria's embattled President Bashar al-Assad sprayed with red paint lies on the ground.

Two suicide car bombers struck Syrian security compounds in Aleppo on Friday, killing 28 people, Syrian officials said, bringing significant violence for the first time to a major city that has largely stood by President Bashar Assad in the 11-month-old uprising against his rule.

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Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus on Tuesday, sending a clear message that Russia intends to stand by its strongest ally in the Middle East amid an international outcry over the country's response to a civil revolt.

President Obama calls the attacks in Homs "outrageous bloodshed." The Syrian Regime army of Bashar al-Assad continues to bombard the already ravaged city of Homs, in particular the Baba Amr district. Makeshift hospitals are frustrated, as regime troops have established a blockade to prevent incoming weapons for the rebels, as well as the needed medical supplies.

Two explosions struck security compounds in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Friday, killing 25 people and wounding 175, state media reported, in a major city that has largely stood by President Bashar Assad in the nearly 11-month-old uprising against his rule.

Amman/Beirut - Syrian government artillery barrages killed dozens of civilians in Homs on Thursday, activists said, as President Bashar al-Assad, bolstered by Russian support, ignored appeals from world leaders to halt the carnage.