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We have started to collect the most important news related to Syria in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
In Syria, a meeting of authorised opposition parties has called for the removal of President Bashar al-Assad's government and an immediate ceasefire.
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A rare meeting of Syrian opposition figures in the capital Damascus hears calls for the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad.
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TurkeyThe rebel Free Syrian Army announces it has moved its command centre from Turkey to "liberated areas" inside Syria.
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A government offensive against rebel districts in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo is reportedly continuing, with amateur video appearing to show the aftermath of an airstrike on the Al-Missar quarter.
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LebanonSyria's spreading conflict strikes fear in Beirut's glitzy malls
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EgyptPresident Bashar al-Assad of Syria is quoted by an Egyptian magazine as saying the Arab uprisings only brought chaos and the Syrian rebels cannot win.
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A Syrian warplane attacks a petrol station in the north-east of the country, killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens more, opposition activists say.
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A Syrian helicopter reportedly crashes after clipping the tail of a plane and an air strike is said to have caused heavy casualties near a petrol station.
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The UN secretary general says there may not be a military solution to Syria's conflict, though both sides seem intent on defeating the other by force.
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Amnesty International has warned that the civilian population in many parts of Syria is in a desperate state, with the conflict in the country in its eighteenth month.
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Damascus children return to their classrooms in war-torn city
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Heavy fighting hits Syria's capital Damascus, as Amnesty International says government forces are "indiscriminately" bombing civilians.
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The neighbourhood of Midan has long been the livliest and most popular in Damascus, and despite heavy shelling it is business as usual.
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A UN commission investigating human rights abuses in Syria says it has drawn up a new secret list of Syrians and units suspected of war crimes.
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Tony Blair, former prime minister and currently Middle East "quartet" representative, said he would be advocating "ramping up where we are" in Syria.
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The BBC's Paul Wood sees the deadly assault on Syria's second city, Aleppo
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IraqUN special envoy and actress Angelina Jolie has visited Syrian refugees in the Domiz camp in the northern Iraqi Kurdish province of Duhouk.
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Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi warns the Syrian crisis presents a "threat to the world" after holding his first meeting with President Bashar al-Assad.
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800 years of failed Syrian interventions
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LebanonPope Benedict XVI urges religions to root out fundamentalism, as he visits Lebanon in the midst of anger over an anti-Islam film.
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The new UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, is to meet an opposition group as his first mission to the war-torn country continues.
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The former UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, has described the international community's failure to find a solution to the the conflict in Syria as "shameful".
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LebanonPope visits Lebanon torn by regional strife
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The new UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi begins his first visit to Syria since his appointment, meeting the country's foreign minister.
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Hundreds of thousands of civilians have fled the conflict in Syria and for those with injuries it is an especially difficult challenge to try and rebuild their lives.
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JordanActress Angelina Jolie visits a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan.
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Dialogue in Syria is further away than ever as weapons take centre stage, according to the man who headed up the UN monitoring mission there, General Mood.
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JordanLife goes on in a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan as a traditional wedding takes place over the weekend.
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FranceKey Syrian defector Gen Manaf Tlas has hinted that French secret agents helped him flee and accused the Syrian government of lying and being unwilling to reform.
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FranceManaf Tlas, a Syrian general who defected in July, hints that French intelligence agencies helped him escape.
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EgyptNew UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, begins his first mission with a visit to Cairo where he acknowledges the challenges he will face.
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At least 17 people are killed by a car bomb in the Syrian city of Aleppo, reports say, as new peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi begins a mission to the region.
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United StatesUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has dismissed a Russian proposal for a new UN Security Council resolution on Syria as pointless "without teeth".
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Russia, United StatesUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says a Russian plan for a UN Security Council resolution on Syria will be pointless without consequences.
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About 100 people have died in violence across Syria, activists say, as large parts of the city of Aleppo are left without water.
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IraqSyrian rockets hit an Iraqi border town killing a young girl, in one of the the most serious spillovers of violence since the Syrian conflict began.
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Two bombs have struck the Syrian capital Damascus, according to state media and opposition activists.
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Two bombs strike the Syrian capital Damascus, the first killing at least five members of the security forces, reports say.
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JordanSyrian soldiers have stormed Tal Shehab, a town on the Jordanian border which has been a crossing point for refugees, according to activists.
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Desperate plight of civilians who fled to Damascus for safety
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Security forces shell several opposition-held districts in Syria's second city of Aleppo, leaving at least 19 people dead, activists say.
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The new UN and Arab League envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, says the death toll in the conflict is "staggering" and the destruction "catastrophic".
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The UN says more than 100,000 Syrians fled their country in August, as the head of the Red Cross discusses the aid crisis with President Assad.
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Broken tanks and bread queues - an artist paints war-ravaged town
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Activists report a deadly air strike in Aleppo province, as the new UN envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, tells the BBC his task is "nearly impossible".
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The new UN envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, describes his task as "nearly impossible", in comments to the BBC after taking up the post.
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The new international envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, has given a pessimistic assessment of the task ahead of him.
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An explosion is reported in an area of the Syrian capital Damascus which houses major military and security compounds.
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JordanJordan calls for international help to cope with the influx of refugees, as escalating fighting in Syria increases the number of fleeing civilians.
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Fighting breaks out at several air bases in Syria, as new peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi formally takes up his post.
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Rebels and regime forces have been battling for control of several air bases in Syria, as fighting also continued in key cities.
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Damascus Alawites standing firm behind beleaguered leader
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TurkeyThe UN Security Council discusses Turkey's demand for refugee camps inside Syria but admits the issue raises "serious questions".
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Iran, 
IsraelBan Ki-moon has criticised Iran's position on Israel and the Egyptian president, Mohammed Mursi, has attacked the Syrian government on the first day of the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Tehran.
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