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Syrian rebels film spate of triumphs
Amateur footage from Syria appears to confirm that the tide is sharply turning against President Assad as rebels upload video of several triumphs.
19 Jul 2012
Russia: Western pressure on Syria is 'all about Iran'
Speaking after Russia and China veto a UN Security Council resolution on Syria, the Russian ambassador says the conflict is "geopolitical" and "all about Iran".
19 Jul 2012
Fears grow Syria will use chemical weapons stockpile
Bashar al-Assad is highly likely to deploy chemical weapons as he faces an unprecedented threat to his rule, security sources warned on Thursday night.
19 Jul 2012
Syrian rebels take control of border crossings
Government forces intensify bombardment of Damascus in attempt to avenge deaths of three of the regime's key lieutenants.
19 Jul 2012
EU preparing new Syrian sanctions
The EU is preparing to freeze the assets of a further 26 Syrians close to President Bashar al-Assad and has approved plans to board vessels and planes suspected of carrying arms to his regime.
19 Jul 2012
Syria: There will be no happy ending
Assad will be toppled, but Syria will be left bitterly divided, adding to the instability of the region, argues Richard Spencer
19 Jul 2012
Assad swears in new defence minister
President Bashar al-Assad swears in his new defence minister, in his first appearance on television since a bomb attack which killed three of his top officials.
19 Jul 2012
Hague: UN veto 'inexcusable'
The Foreign Secretary has denounced the Russian and Chinese vetos of a UN Security Council resolution that would threaten sanctions against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad if he does not end the use of heavy weapons, as "inexcusable and indefensible".
19 Jul 2012
Britain 'appalled' as Russia and China block UN resolution on Syria
Russia and China have vetoed a resolution at the United Nations threatening broad sanctions against the Syrian regime.
19 Jul 2012
Syria: Assad 'flees to Latakia' following Damascus attack
An information blackout was in place around President Bashar al-Assad after an attack in Damascus that killed three top regime officials amid reports the Syrian leader had fled to his family's coastal stronghold.
19 Jul 2012
Syria: Israel considers strike at chemical weapons
Washington has held talks with Israel about a possible strike at Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile, which is thought to be the largest in the world.
19 Jul 2012
Cameron: time for President Assad to leave Syria
David Cameron demands Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria begins the transition to democracy.
19 Jul 2012
Syria: Fresh fighting in capital as hundreds flee regime attacks
Hundreds of Damascus residents fled from clashes and army shelling of several districts of the embattled Syrian capital.
19 Jul 2012
Syria's chemical weapons 'could be seized by al-Qaeda'
The king of Jordan warned Wednesday that his northern neighbour Syria was on the brink of all-out civil war and that in a worst-case scenario, chemical weapons could fall into the hands of Al-Qaeda.
19 Jul 2012
Syria: carefully planned killings presage more bloodshed
The fighting in Syria has been merciless, and there will be no mercy in its ending. However the killing of the Assad regime's most senior lieutenants was arranged, their bloody and precise exit presages more killing to come.
18 Jul 2012
Assad’s endgame
Telegraph View: It is worrying that Barack Obama appears to think that any active engagement can wait until after the US election
18 Jul 2012
US warns Syria is 'spinning out of control'
Washington warned that Syria was "spinning out of control" on Wednesday, as Barack Obama telephoned Vladimir Putin to urge him to support efforts for political transition.
18 Jul 2012
Syrians celebrate Damascus blast
Amateur video has emerged which anti-regime activists in Syria claim shows residents of the north-west region of Idlib celebrating the blast in Damascus.
18 Jul 2012
Assad regime 'staring the end in the face'
President Assad's government is staring the end in the face, according to the Telegraph's Middle East Correspondent Richard Spencer, who calls the Damascus bomb that struck at the heart of the regime "an international embarrassment".
18 Jul 2012
Soldiers fire at rebels in Damascus
Syrian news agency, Sana, purports to show Syrian government soldiers shooting in a Damascus neighbourhood a few hours after a suicide bombing killed the defence minister and President Bashar Assad's brother-in-law.
18 Jul 2012
Suicide bomber strikes Assad's inner circle
Live coverage of events in Syria as the regime reels from a suicide attack in Damascus that killed Defence Minister General Daoud Rajha; Assef Shawkat, Assad's brother-in-law; and General Hassan Turkmani, head of the government's crisi operations.
18 Jul 2012
Syria: Assad's brother-in-law killed in Damascus suicide bomb
President Bashar al-Assad's brother-in-law and the Syrian defence minister have been killed in a bombing that struck at the heart of the country's security establishment.
18 Jul 2012
Syria: suicide bomber attacks Security building
Bomb blast strikes National Security building in Damascus during a meeting of Cabinet ministers and senior officials.
18 Jul 2012
Syria: suicide bomber attacks Security building
Bomb blast strikes National Security building in Damascus during a meeting of Cabinet ministers and senior officials.
18 Jul 2012
Syrian rebels launch campaign to 'liberate' Damascus
Syrian rebel commanders on Tuesday night claimed to have launched a military campaign to "liberate" Damascus as the city echoed to the sound of gunfire for a third day and fighting came close to the country's parliament building.
17 Jul 2012
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