Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Address Parliament
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad waves to supporters in the street after addressing parliament on March 30, 2011 in Damascus, Syria. Al-Assad ordered a committee to conduct an investigation into the deaths of protesters and also to study the lifting of emergency laws. UPI
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Syrian demonstrators gather during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, after Friday prayers in Kafranbel near Idlib, Syria on February 10, 2012. Twenty-five people were killed and 175 people were wounded in two blasts targeting security bases in Aleppo on Friday, state television quoted the Health Ministry as saying.
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MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. officials in Europe said despite the withdrawal of up to 7,000 troops from the continent, the United States is not abandoning its European partners.
BRUSSELS, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Fears of a Russian veto of a United Nations Security Resolution on Syria mellowed European positions on ways to defuse the violent government-opposition showdown in the Middle Eastern country only days after the EU showed issued tough sanctions against Iran.
DAMASCUS, Syria, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- The Arab League said Saturday it is suspending its mission in Syria because of increased violence across the country.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Russia has reportedly signed a $550 million deal to provide Syria with 36 Yak-130 advanced training jets that can also be used for ground-attack missions.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Israel's military says Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah has long-range surface-to-air missiles supplied by Syria, significantly boosting its defenses.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Russia's only operational aircraft carrier and other warships are visiting the Syrian port of Tartous in an apparent display of support for beleaguered President Bashar al-Assad.
IDLIB, Syria, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Syrian forces battled army defectors and anti-government activists Wednesday in violence human-rights groups said killed more than 230 people in three days.
OTTAWA, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- About 5,000 Canadians in violence-wracked Syria should get out of the country as quickly as possible, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird warned Thursday.
MOSCOW, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Russia, a key backer of the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is reported to have delivered supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles to Damascus.
AMMAN, Jordan, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- The belief is growing that Syria's beleaguered President Bashar al-Assad has run out of time in his fight for survival against a stubborn 8-month-old uprising.
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