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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.
Journalist killed in Syria is shortlisted for Orwell Book Prize, which celebrates political writing.
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IsraelIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the BBC that Israel has a right to prevent weapons from falling into the wrong hands in Syria.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the West will pay a high price for what he describes as its support for al-Qaeda in his country's conflict.
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The heads of five major UN agencies issue a rare joint appeal to the international community to do much more to end "cruelty and carnage" in Syria.
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United KingdomThe UK is increasingly concerned there is evidence that chemical weapons have been used in Syria, Foreign Minister William Hague says.
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At least 25 people, many of them children, have been killed in two Syrian government air strikes, activists say.
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In an exclusive report, the BBC's Fergal Keane speaks to some of the children whose punishment for spraying anti-regime graffiti helped sparked the country's uprising.
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ItalyFour Italian journalists who were held hostage in Syria for nearly two weeks have been released, say officials in Italy.
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The Syrian government is calling on the UN Security Council to class the al-Nusra Front rebel group as having links with al-Qaeda.
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The Syrian government has been accused of repeatedly carrying out indiscriminate and sometimes deliberate attacks on civilians, amounting to war crimes.
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Syrian government forces are targeting civilians in opposition strongholds with air strikes, warns Human Rights Watch in a new report.
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The leader of the al-Nusra Front, one of the main jihadist groups fighting in Syria, pledges allegiance to the chief of al-Qaeda.
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United KingdomForeign Secretary William Hague says the ongoing turmoil in Syria will be at the top of the agenda when G8 foreign ministers meet in London on Wednesday and Thursday.
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IraqThe leader of the Iraqi wing of al-Qaeda says his group will merge with al-Nusra Front in Syria under a new name.
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What really killed Syria's most famous sheikh?
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LebanonTensions and hostility surround Syrian refugees in Lebanon
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United StatesAn American accused of fighting alongside hardline Islamists against Syrian government forces could be executed, US prosecutors say.
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Syria rejects what it calls an attempt by the UN to broaden a probe into the alleged use of chemical weapons in the country's conflict.
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At least 15 people are killed and 53 wounded as a car bomb explodes in a busy part of the Syrian capital Damascus, state media report.
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon gives a news conference at The Hague on the UN's investigation into the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
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Turkey, United StatesUS Secretary of State John Kerry discusses Iran and ties with Israel on a visit to Turkey, before talks in the West Bank on Middle East peace.
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JordanUnicef warns it will soon be unable to provide "life-saving" aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan and other countries as funding runs out.
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The BBC's Caroline Hawley meets Isra, 9, who lost the use of her legs after she was hit by a sniper's bullet in Syria.
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LebanonA Syrian helicopter has crossed into Lebanon and fired two rockets near a town home to thousands of Syrian refugees, reports say.
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LebanonLebanon is struggling to cope with the estimated 400,000 Syrian refugees that have crossed
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More than 6,000 people died in Syria in March during the deadliest month since protests against President Bashar al-Assad began two years ago, activists say.
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Pope Francis delivers a passionate plea for world peace - singling out "dear Syria" - in his first Easter Sunday speech since being elected.
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United StatesAn American ex-soldier is charged with using a weapon outside the US as he fought against Syrian government forces, prosecutors say.
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The simple treasures people fleeing Syria have held close
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IranIran, North Korea and Syria block what would have been the first treaty to regulate the $70bn (£46bn) global trade in conventional arms.
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Mortar fire hits the University of Damascus, killing 15 students and wounding several others, Syrian state media say.
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TurkeyTurkish police have used water cannon and tear gas on Syrian refugees demonstrating against conditions in their camp.
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Russia criticises the Arab League's decision to allow Syria's main opposition coalition to take the country's official seat at its summit.
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Syria's opposition National Coalition takes the official seat of the country at the start of a two-day Arab League summit in Qatar.
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The man who established and once commanded the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA), Col Riad al-Asaad, is badly hurt by an explosion in the country's east.
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The leader of the opposition Syrian National Coalition (SNC), Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib, has resigned.
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The leader of the opposition Syrian National Coalition says he has quit his job, but a report claims the coalition has refused his resignation.
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IsraelThe Israeli government says its military has destroyed a machine-gun nest inside Syria after troops were shot at twice in the Golan Heights.
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Iraq, United StatesUS Secretary of State John Kerry says it is problematic that Iranian planes with arms for Syria are flying over Iraq, in an unannounced visit to Baghdad.
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Israel, Jordan, United StatesUS President Barack Obama has met Palestinian, Israeli and Jordanian leaders on his visit to the Middle East - with Syria and the stalled peace process key areas under discussion.
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LebanonLebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati announces the resignation of his entire government, divided over planned elections and the unrest in Syria.
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Jordan, United StatesUS President Barack Obama pledges to give Jordan an additional $200m (£131m) to help deal with the growing number of Syrian refugees in the country.
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At least 42 people, including a leading pro-government cleric, are killed by a blast at a mosque in the Syrian capital, Damascus, say state media.
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The BBC has become the latest victim of Twitter hackers as several of its feeds, including @bbcweather, are taken over by pro-Syrian hackers.
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The UN is to investigate the possible use of chemical weapons in an attack in Syria's Aleppo province, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announces.
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The Disasters Emergency Committee is launching a special appeal for those affected by the conflict in Syria, now entering its third year.
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Syria's government and opposition both call for an international inquiry into an attack in which each accused the other of using chemical weapons.
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Iran, IsraelBarack Obama says Israel has "no greater friend" than the US, as he makes his first visit to the country as president.
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Syrian rebels and the government accuse each other of firing chemical weapons, reportedly killing 25 people, but there is no confirmation of either claim.
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Iraq, United KingdomFormer UK PM Tony Blair tells the BBC he has no regrets over Iraq on the 10th anniversary of the country's invasion - and says the situation otherwise would have been "a lot worse than Syria".
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United StatesSyria's opposition coalition names Ghassan Hitto, an IT expert who spent decades in the US, prime minister to head a government for rebel-held areas.
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JordanSyrian refugees in Jordan are struggling to look for a way to make a living to support their families
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The growing European debate on whether to arm Syrian opposition
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A Syrian army general reportedly defects to the opposition while a human rights agency accuses the Assad government over cluster bombs.
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As Syrians mark the second anniversary of the start of the nation's unrest, the EU has been discussing lifting its arms embargo to allow supplying rebels.
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Jeremy Bowen on the conflict destroying Syria from within
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France's president defends his plan to supply arms to Syria's rebels, as activists mark two years since the start of the anti-government uprising.
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Syrian activists recalls the very start of the uprising
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France, United KingdomFrench President Francois Hollande backs calls for the EU arms embargo on Syria to be lifted to allow weapons to reach anti-government rebels.
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