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Syrian women (unseen) shower army troops with rose petals and rice as youths holding up a national flag in front of a portrait of President Bashar al-Assad ride on an army tank pulling out of the southern protest hub of Daraa on May 5, 2011. (AFP Photo/Louai Beshara) 27.05.2012 13:14 5 comments

Peaceful solution is the only way forward – Syrian deputy FM

Damascus is being provoked by armed groups which need chaos in the country, Syria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abdulfattah Amura told RT. Amura says the authorities have only acted in self defense.

Syria unrest
 
Demonstrators hold Syrian opposition and Kurdish flags during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Qubani, near Aleppo May 21, 2012 (Reuters/Raad Al Fares/Shaam News Network) 25.05.2012 08:19 2 comments

UN Syria report 'a step forward’ – researcher

The UN has released a new report claiming that both the Syrian government and the opposition are engaged in gross human rights violation. RT discussed the documents' significance with researcher William Engdahl.

Syria unrest
RIA Novosti/Lidiya Isamova 23.05.2012 15:37 8 comments

Moscow expects Obama to reject new Iran sanctions – Lavrov

As international negotiations continue with Tehran over its compliance with a nuclear oversight regime, Russia says it’s the wrong time for Washington to impose any new sanctions on the Islamic Republic.

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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano briefs the media after his trip to Tehran upon his arrival at the international airport in Vienna May 22, 2012 (Reuters/Leonhard Foeger) 22.05.2012 12:16 28 comments

UN nuclear chief: Deal reached on Iran probe

The chief of the UN nuclear agency says he has reached a deal with Iran over probing suspected work on nuclear weapons, and adds that the agreement will be "signed quite soon."

Syrian fire fighters work at the site of an explosion in Deir Al-Zour, May 19, 2012 (Reuters / Sana / Handout) 19.05.2012 16:48 9 comments

Suicide bomb blast strikes Syrian military compound (PHOTOS)

A suicide car bomb explosion has ripped through a military compound in the Syrian city of Deir el-Zour, killing nine people and injuring 100. It is the latest in a string of blasts targeting regime military facilities in the embattled country.

Syria unrest
 
Peacekeepers or colonialists? China's UN contingent in Darfour (AFP Photo/HO/Stuart Price/Aalbany Assosiates) 19.05.2012 00:33 39 comments

Peacekeeper Menace: Pentagon sees Chinese UN missions as a threat

UN peacekeeping – risking your life to maintain order in a foreign land, is seen as one of the more noble roles in modern warfare, but a new Pentagon report shows that the US is more than a little alarmed at China’s growing humanitarian role.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP) 18.05.2012 07:57 18 comments

UN chief says Al Qaeda behind Syria bombings

The UN General-Secretary Ban Ki-moon believes Al-Qaeda was behind two suicide car-bomb attacks in Syria that claimed 55 lives and injured 372 last week.

Syria unrest
 
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, addresses the 2nd St Petersburg International Legal Forum, 17 May 2012. (RIA Novosti / Dmitry Astakhov) 17.05.2012 17:05 17 comments

Infringing national sovereignty could lead to nuclear apocalypse - Medvedev

Diminishing the principle of state sovereignty is fraught with the destruction of the world order and a full-scale war, even with the use of nuclear weapons, warns Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

Free Syrian Army fighters patrol a street in Qusair town near Homs city, northern Syria May 5, 2012 (Reuters/Stringer) 15.05.2012 15:24 9 comments

Russia concerned at Kosovo ‘Syrian militant training’ reports

Media reports suggesting that Kosovo officials have established contact with the Syrian opposition to train Syrian militants in the secessionist province are causing alarm, the Russian Ambassador to the UN said Monday.

Syria unrest
 
The chief of the UN Supervision Mission to Syria, Norwegian Major General Robert Mood, and his team inspect the site of an explosion in Damascus May 10, 2012. (Reuters / Sana) 10.05.2012 23:29 8 comments

‘UN fetishizes peace over resolution of Syrian conflict’

Following a terror attack that left at least 55 people dead in Damascus, the UN increased the number of observers in Syria to 157 on Thursday. But journalist Patrick Hayes told RT that the UN “intervention” is only distorting the conflict.

Syria unrest
People run carrying a burnt body at the site of an explosion in Damascus May 10, 2012. (Reuters / Sana) 10.05.2012 11:42 101 comments

At least 55 killed in twin blasts at Damascus intel compound, terrorists blamed (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

At least 55 people have been killed and 372 others injured by two powerful blasts in the Syrian capital on Thursday morning. The car bombs detonated near a military intelligence building.

Syria unrest
 
Palestinian protesters hold a mock coffin with the Arabic writing "wake up so that I will not die" as they demonstrate outside the Israeli Ofer military prison, near the West Bank town of Betunia, on February 9, 2012 against the detention without trial of Khader Adnan (poster) on suspicion of membership in the Islamic Jihad. Adnan has been on hunger strike since December 18 and his lawyers will file an appeal against his detention. (AFP Photo / Abbas Momani) 05.05.2012 15:19 22 comments

Hamas threatens Israel with revenge if hunger strikers die

Hamas threatens Israel with "unexpected" consequences if any of around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners who went on hunger strike in Israeli prisons were to die. Two of them held without charge or trial have been starving themselves for 67 days.

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AFP Photo / Fred Dufour 05.05.2012 11:51 9 comments

‘On a razor’s edge’: Sarkozy lags on eve of elections

Socialist candidate Francois Hollande holds a narrow lead in the polls ahead of potential landmark elections. The dramatic campaign has been dogged by scandal and political mud-slinging as both candidates fight for the support of the French public.

 
AFP Photo / Mohammed Abed 05.05.2012 07:08 21 comments

UN warns of changing nature of global terrorism

The UN Security Council has warned of “the changing nature and character” of international terrorism, with terror groups forging close ties with organized crime and using the Internet to incite and recruit sympathizers, and to prepare their attacks.

Members of the first UN monitoring team in Syria travel to areas where there have been protests against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus (Reuters / Khaled Al Hariri) 26.04.2012 17:42 67 comments

International military operation looms for Syria

The new ceasefire set for May 5 could prove a turning point in the Syrian conflict. If the truce fails, an international peacekeeping intervention might become a reality.

Syria unrest
 
UN and Arab League envoy to Syria Kofi Annan (AFP Photo / STR) 25.04.2012 05:39 29 comments

Annan to UN: Violence in Syria unacceptable, expedite observer deployment

Kofi Annan has said the situation in Syria is "bleak," expressing concern at reports the government was still conducting military operations. But experts say the West’s biased approach is to blame for that.

Syria unrest
South Sudan's SPLA soldiers hold up their weapons as they shout at a military base in Bentiu April 22, 2012. (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic) 22.04.2012 23:07 7 comments

Thousands displaced by Sudan border clashes

The ongoing military standoff between Sudan and South Sudan has forced thousands from their homes, fearing for their lives. This is according to a United Nations Human Rights report.

 
Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin 22.04.2012 00:07 13 comments

Security Council changed prerogatives in Syrian crisis – Churkin to RT

The latest resolution on Syria, unanimously passed in the Security Council, may finally put things “on the right track” in the troubled country, Russia’s envoy to the UN exclusively told RT.

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The United Nations Security Council meets at the United Nations in New York to discuss the ongoing violence in Syria April 21, 2012 (Reuters / Allison Joyce) 21.04.2012 19:29 33 comments

UN Security Council votes to send 300 observers to Syria

The UN Security Council has unanimously voted to pass a resolution increasing the number of ceasefire observers in Syria to 300. Meanwhile, the first wave of observers reached war-torn Homs.

Syria unrest
 
Moscow is providing the alliance with air corridors and railway routes 20.04.2012 05:56 32 comments

'Strings attached': Moscow extends helping hand to NATO

NATO is to get more help from Russia in the Afghan war. At a ministerial meeting in Brussels, the sides discussed expanding the vital transit of military cargo to Afghanistan through Russian territory. But on what terms?

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