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Damascus yet to keep pledge to respect rights of detainees, UN inquiry team says
Despite Damascus’s pledge, the members noted that families still struggle to find relatives held in custody and many detainees face long periods of detention without judicial review.
Syria appoints new cabinet as government settles into power
Syria announces major drug bust through coordination with Iraq against Captagon trafficking
Sectarian attack: Eight dead, 21 injured in Homs mosque incident targeting Alawite minority
West has 'hard evidence' of Syria WMD use
Western diplomats say chemical weapons were used "in a sporadic way" at least once, but don't specify further details.
UN talks with Syria on chemical arms at impasse
Point of conflict is the free access for UN investigators to all places where chemical weapons were allegedly used.
UN: Syria regime said using militias for mass murder
World body's commission of inquiry on Syria says mass killings have 'taken on sectarian overtones'
Opposition: Syria rebels break through Homs siege
Syrian Sunni Muslim rebels launch counter-offensive to ease an army siege on their strongholds, opposition sources say.
Syrian opposition say over 20 killed in Homs
Opposition accuses militia loyal to President Assad of killing 200 Sunni civilians in massacres over last two weeks; 20 killed on Saturday.
Report: Over 100 people massacred in Syria's Homs
Syrian army shoots, stabs 106 people, including women, children in Homas; over 80 killed by twin explosions at Aleppo university.
Syria envoy meets Assad as rebel frustration grows
Envoy Brahimi, Syrian president discuss conflict; opposition frustrated over mission following killing of dozens in Halfaya.
Syrian jets bomb near Homs to break rebel siege
Two rebels killed and 10 wounded in village south of Homs, where they besieged a compound guarding a tank facility.
UN rights chief: Syria must not become new Bosnia
"It should not take something as drastic as Srebrenica to shake the world into taking serious action," Navi Pillay tells reporters.
'Syrian rebels agree to form united leadership'
Sources say divided rebels, responding to foreign pressure, agree to set up joint leadership in efforts to overthrow Assad.
