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Syrian protests relates to several violent events in the Arab Republic of Syria. Syrian protests may refer to:

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UN rights body votes to condemn Syria for massacre; Russia rejects the measure, urges patience

The U.

N.'s top human rights body voted overwhelmingly Friday to condemn Syria over the slaughter of more than 100 civilians last week, but Damascus appeared impervious to the crescendo of global condemnation following a string of horrific massacres.Syria's most important ally and protector, Russia, voted against the measure by the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. Russia has refused to support any move that could lead to foreign intervention in Syria, Moscow's last significant ally in the Middle East.New bloodshed was reported across Syria on Friday, with troops firing on protesters and more execution-style killings coming to light, while U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan urged Syrian President Bashar Assad once again to stop the violence.As Russian diplomats in Geneva dismissed the resolution as "unbalanced" and voted against the text, Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to press the Syrian government for an end to the violence and insisted a political solution was still poss...

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  1. Shadowy, pro-regime gunmen known as 'shabiha' take on larger role in Syria revolt

    The swaggering gunmen operate as hired muscle for the Syrian regime, clutching rifles and daggers as they sweep through towns and villages, sometimes after regular m...

  2. Fresh clashes erupt between pro- and anti-Syrian groups in north Lebanon; 7 killed

    Gunbattles between pro- and anti-Syrian groups in northern Lebanon killed at least seven people and wounded 22 on Saturday, security officials said, as activists rep...

  3. Putin says Russia will help find 'positive results' in Syria

    Russia wants to help U.N. envoy Kofi Annan achieve "positive results" and prevent an all-out civil war in Syria, President Vladimir Putin said in Germany on Friday.M...

  4. U.S. Officials: Syria Using Diplomats to Threaten Opposition Around the World

    Syria is taking its war against President Bashar al-Assad's political opponents global, using diplomats in Washington, London and elsewhere to track and intimidate e...

  5. Mass protests support Syria's hard-line regime

    Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Syria's hard-line regime poured into the streets of the capital Damascus and at least four other major cities Tuesday, waving ...

  6. Syria claims progress in crushing Hama uprising, as troops kill 13 protesters nationwide

    Syria's government showed off TV and still images of burned buildings and rubble-strewn streets empty of people in Hama, the epicenter of anti-regime protests, and c...

  7. Syria says suicide bomber kills 10 in capital; protesters take to the streets

    A suicide bomber blew himself up across the street from a mosque in the Syrian capital Friday, killing at least 10 people and wounding nearly 30, state TV said. Thou...

  8. How to solve the mess in Syria -- without going to war

    We are treated to daily pictures of Syrian troops massacring women and children in the most brutal fashion, while some world powers wring their hands and others turn...

  9. New questions about world efforts to stop crisis in Syria

    Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton reacts

  10. Time to Put a Stop to the Horrors in Syria

    "One size fits all" is never a suitable strategy for addressing concurrent Middle East crises. Nearing the first anniversary of the beginning of upheavals across the...

  11. 12 Lebanese Shiites have been kidnapped in Syria , security officials say

    Lebanese security officials say 12 Lebanese Shiites have been kidnapped in Syria.The victims were on their way home from holy shrines in Iraq and were traveling thro...

  12. US military intervention in Syria unlikely without UN backing, Panetta says

    While Syria is blaming rebel fighters for a weekend massacre in Houla, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says he doesn't see the U.S. taking military action without the...

  1. Russia votes against UN resolution on Syria , backs Assad claim that rebels behind massacre

    The U.N.'s top human rights body voted overwhelmingly Friday to condemn Syria over the slaughter of more than 100 civilians last week, but Damascus appeared impervio...

  2. France's president says only way to end violence in Syria is for Bashar Assad to go

    France's president said Friday that only the departure of Bashar Assad would end the violence in Syria, saying his regime had acted in an "intolerable way."Francois ...

  3. Kofi Annan 'impatient and frustrated' over Syria as activists report fresh violence

    Saying he is "impatient and frustrated," special envoy Kofi Annan called on the Syrian president Friday to implement a U.N.-brokered peace plan following a horrific ...

  4. Pro- and anti-Syrian groups clash in north Lebanon

    Gunbattles between pro- and anti-Syrian groups in northern Lebanon killed at least seven people and wounded 22 on Saturday, security officials said, as activists rep...

  5. Lebanese PM says Lebanese pilgrims kidnapped in Syria have been released

    Lebanon's prime minister says a group of Lebanese Shiites who were kidnapped in Syria have been released.Prime Minister Najib Mikati says the group was released Frid...

  6. Syria forces fire tear gas as thousands gather for anti-Assad protests

    Syrian forces fired tear gas and live ammunition to disperse thousands of protesters calling for President Bashar Assad's ouster Friday, wounding several people as t...

  7. Largest protests yet in Syria's biggest city in sign of growing anti-regime sentiment

    Syrian forces on Friday fired on protesters holding the largest opposition marches yet in Aleppo, a sign of rising anti-regime sentiment in the country's biggest cit...

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