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Kofi Annan resigns as Syria envoy at UN Security Council

Citing finger-pointing and name-calling within the UN Security Council, Kofi Annan has resigned his position as Syria envoy.

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Putin to back Annan peace plan for Syria

Russian President Vladamir Putin said today that he will "do everything" in order to support Kofi Annan's peace plan for Syria.

In the Media by Paul Iddon

Clashes between rebel and regime forces rock Damascus

Reports indicate that violence across the Syrian capital Damascus is intensifying as Syrian rebels announce they are executing a "Damascus volcano" offensive against the Syrian regime.

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Former Syrian envoy claims Assad ready to use chemical weapons

Nawaf Fares the former Syrian ambassador to Iraq has stated the Assad family dictatorship will not hesitate to use chemical weapons in the event that its regimes survival is directly threatened.

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Syria repudiates U.N. heavy weapons claim

Syrian officials have denied statements made by peace envoy Kofi Annan which claim that Syrian forces used heavy weaponry against activists in the village of Tremseh.

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Deadly Syrian massacre claims the lives of '220 civilians'

Around 220 Syrians in the village of Tremseh in the Hama region have been killed after their village was bombarded and besieged by helicopter gunships and tanks before being stormed by militants loyal to Assad.

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Kofi Annan arrives in Damascus hours after admitting plan failure

Peace envoy Kofi Annan has arrived in Damascus today for what will be a third round of talks with the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

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Annan: International agreement on Syrian transitional government

Following the U.N. meeting he convened in Geneva today peace envoy Kofi Annan has stated that an international agreement has been reached regarding his plan to form a transitional government in Syria.

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Assad against any external solution to Syrian crisis

Amidst a scheduled meeting by the major powers in Geneva over the ongoing crisis in Syria ,President Bashar al-Assad has stated his regime will not accept any solution to the crisis imposed by the international community.

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Op-Ed: Hats off to the Red Cross

As an international organization the Red Cross is striving to help the people on the ground in Syria whose lives are at risk due to the intense violence there.

In the Media by Paul Iddon

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