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The International Committee of the Red Cross said it had won permission from President Bashar al- Assad’s government to enter a besieged Syrian town, hours after the United Nations Human Rights Council deplored “systematic violations of human rights."
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Syrian forces pounded towns where opposition is concentrated as United Nations officials prepared to discuss how to pressure Syria and its allies, Russia and China, to end almost a year of violence.
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Syrian forces pounded towns where opposition is concentrated as United Nations officials prepared to discuss ways of bringing a halt to almost a year of violence.
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Syrian forces bombarded cities where opposition is concentrated as President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree enacting a constitution that he says will introduce political pluralism after almost a year of violence.
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Syria’s government said its citizens approved a new constitution supporting President Bashar al- Assad’s bid to introduce political pluralism after almost a year of violence as the European Union tightened sanctions.
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Opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s rule stepped up their deadly attacks against government officials as the violence of the past 11 months pushes the country toward civil war.
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Syria’s army escalated its shelling of the city of Homs as President Bashar al-Assad accused “foreign sides” of providing weapons and money to rebels.
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The Libyan Stock Exchange will allow foreign ownership of more than 10 percent and will resume trading by the end of February after an armed rebellion against the regime of Muammar Qaddafi forced it to close, Chairman Ahmed Karoud said.
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Syrian forces pressed their efforts to stamp out dissent against the rule of President Bashar al- Assad in the central city of Homs as violence spilled over into neighboring Lebanon.
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Gunmen killed a Syrian general outside his home in Damascus a day after two suicide bombers attacked a military security branch and police headquarters in the northern city of Aleppo.
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