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It's in the interest of the European community to take efforts to address the situation with Syrian civil war, the European crisis commissioner said.
Golan Heights latest spillover threat
Stability from a cease-fire enacted in the 1970s in the Golan Heights might deteriorate because of the Syrian civil war, the U.N. Security Council said.
A Syrian rebel group that first said it had detained about 20 U.N. peacekeepers in the Golan Heights announced Thursday it had rescued them from fighting.
Iraq's decision to stick to a $4.3 billion arms deal with Russia is good news for Moscow as it strives to restore its Cold War influence in the Middle East.
The United Nations and the League of Arab States Friday appointed veteran diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi to succeed Kofi Annan as Syrian envoy.
Annan: Moscow must persuade Assad to go
Moscow and its allies must persuade Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, departing U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria Kofi Annan wrote in an op-ed piece.
Post-cease-fire violence reported in Syria
Opposition activists reported post-cease-fire fighting Tuesday, saying Syrian forces struck Homs and Hama Tuesday, and tank artillery and mortar fire hit Douma.
Up to 30 unarmed observers will be sent to Syria to monitor a tenuous cease-fire, the U.N. Security Council decided in a unanimous vote Saturday.
U.N. observers prepare to enter Syria
United Nations observers prepared to enter Syria, with a shaky cease-fire apparently holding in much of the country, officials said.
Report: Families slain in Homs
Dozens of people from a handful of families were killed Thursday by Syrian government troops in Homs, Syrian opposition groups said.
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A child is seen playing at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on the eve of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Berlin on June 18, 2013. Obama is scheduled to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel and will later speak at the Brandenburg Gate where fifty years earlier, U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivered his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner (I am a Berliner)" address . UPI/David Silpa