Syria’s state news agency says President Bashar Assad has granted a general pardon for crimes committed during the unrest of the past 10 months. SANA says among those covered by the amnesty are people who have peacefully demonstrated and those who carried unlicensed weapons. News
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Read More...An explosion ripped through a police bus in the center of Syria’s capital Friday, killing at least 10 people, a Syrian official and state-run TV said. msnbc.com: World news
Read More...In Syria Friday activists called on people to come out in force to show visiting monitors from the Arab League the depth of opposition to President Bashar al Assad’s regime. They say hundreds of thousands of people responded, despite the presence of security forces. Nearly two dozen reportedly were killed. Guest host Jacki Lyden talks [...]
Read More...Mass funeral for 44 killed in suicide bombings; Mourners shout support for President Assad Latest World Headlines – CBS News
Read More...Syrian army deserters clash with security forces in al-Rastan, Israel resumes excavations under Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque, and a US airstrike kills 35 people in eastern Afghanistan. Today’s headlines in full: Libyan revolutionaries seize Sirte’s port, evacuate residents Al Jazeera, Qatar Syrian army deserters clash with security forces in al-Rastan Future TV, Lebanon Yemeni defense minister [...]
Read More...Groups report that one person was killed in shooting; anti-government protesters are calling for democracy Latest World Headlines – CBS News
Read More...BEIRUT, Lebanon – Violence across Syria killed at least 25 people Wednesday, including eight soldiers who were gunned down by army defectors in a retaliatory ambush after government troops destroyed a civilian car, activists said. Inquirer National and World News
Read More...Defected Syrian Army soldiers say commanders order halt to peaceful protests “by all means necessary” Latest World Headlines – CBS News
Read More...Syrian troops swept into Hama to break a three-day strike by opponents of President Bashar al-Assad, killing at least 10 people but running into deadly resistance from armed insurgents. msnbc.com: World news
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