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More than 70 bodies, mostly women, children and elderly people, were found in the Syrian city of Deir Ezzor in what opposition activists are calling a massacre.
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi voiced support for Syrian rebels at the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Tehran Thursday, sparking a walkout by Syrian delegates.
Arab and Western nations will press Russia to back a U.N. resolution supporting Arab League demands that Syrian President Bashar Assad resign, envoys said.
Arab League observers in Syria to monitor government compliance with international calls to end its violent crackdown against dissidents are preparing to leave.
The Syrian government says it will execute anyone who takes part in terrorist acts or distributes weapons, Syrian state television said Tuesday.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem accused Israel of fabricating allegations that two Druze residents and an Israeli Arab spied for Syria.
Two U.S. envoys Saturday visited Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, the first high-level contacts between the countries since 2005, officials said.
Syria retaliated for France's breaking of diplomatic channels over Lebanon's political crisis by saying Damascus would sever relations with Paris.
Syria's foreign minister has agreed to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Syrian President Bashar Assad was in Tehran Saturday, paying his second visit since Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took power in 2005.
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