Syrian forces continued with their deadly bombardment of Homs Saturday, bringing the number of people killed in the week-long assault to at least 300. Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, has put a draft peace plan to the UN General Assembly.
In the wake of Friday's deadly bomb blasts in Syria's second city of Aleppo, Saudi Arabia circulated a draft resolution to the UN General Assembly backing an Arab peace plan for the country. A similar text was vetoed last week by Russia and China.
After an apparent admission on FRANCE 24 by a senior member of the Free Syrian Army, the organisation’s overall commander has denied his group had set off twin blasts that claimed some 25 lives in the city of Aleppo.
Ousted Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed began to fight back Wednesday, saying his resignation the previous day was a coup and urging his successor to step down. Meanwhile, one thousand Nasheed supporters clashed with police.
Tanks from Syria’s security forces pushed deeper into the city of Homs Wednesday, continuing to crackdown on the restive city just a day after Russia’s foreign minister said he found President Bashar al-Assad “committed” to ending the bloodshed.
Thousands of opposition supporters marched in the Senegalese capital Dakar on Tuesday to protest against President Abdoulaye Wade's controversial plans to seek a third term in a February 26 presidential election.
France joined Britain, Spain, Italy and Belgium in recalling its ambassador to Syria, Eric Chevallier (far right), "for consultations" on Tuesday. A foreign ministry spokesman cited Syria's "worsening repression" in announcing the move.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (pictured) said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is "fully committed" to ending a violent crackdown on protests after talks Tuesday in Damascus. Homs residents say the city continues to be hit by artillery.
President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives resigned in a televised address Tuesday after three weeks of public protests erupted into a police mutiny. Vice President Mohammed Waheed Hassan Manik was sworn in as the new head of state.
Russia's foreign minister on Tuesday began talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to end the crackdown, while residents of Homs reported that Syrian forces continued to pound the restive city with rockets.
