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19 Killed in Clashes Across Syria as ‘Terrorists’ Attack Gas Pipeline in Homs - Jan 30, 2012 - 8:06:34 AM

Armed clashes killed at least 13 civilians and six members of the security forces across Syria on Monday, as saboteurs blew up a gas pipeline in the central province of Homs.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said nine civilians were killed as security forces stormed Homs in central Syria, including a young girl hit by gunfire from a checkpoint in the Karm al-Zeitun district of the flashpoint city.

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Head of Arab League Monitors in Syria Defends Work - Jan 23, 2012 - 8:35:16 AM

The head of the Arab League's observation team to Syria has struck back at critics who say the mission has failed to stop violence between security forces and opposition groups seeking to oust President Bashar Assad.
Gen. Mohammed Ahmed al-Dabi told reporters in Cairo Monday that the mission's job was to never to stop the violence, but to document progress on the League's peace plan.

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Syria conflict persists as Arab monitors' mandate expires - Jan 19, 2012 - 8:28:27 AM

(Reuters) - Syrian forces have pulled back from a rebel-held town under a local ceasefire, residents said on Thursday, but there was no sign of an overall easing of violence as a month-long mandate for Arab peace monitors in Syria expired.
Nine people were reported killed elsewhere, adding to a death toll of more than 600 since the monitors arrived in Syria, where an insurgency is hardening what began as a mostly peaceful struggle against President Bashar al-Assad's authoritarian rule.

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Stop the killing, U.N. chief tells Syria's Assad - Jan 15, 2012 - 11:40:28 AM

The U.N. chief told Bashar al-Assad on Sunday to "stop killing your people" and the Syrian leader offered an amnesty for "crimes" committed during a 10-month-old revolt against him.
Arab League foreign ministers will meet next Sunday to discuss the future of an Arab monitoring mission sent last month to check if Syria is respecting an Arab peace plan.

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Arab League observers see 'nothing frightening' in Syria hotspot - Dec 28, 2011 - 10:24:20 AM

Campaigners expressed alarm Wednesday after Arab League observers in Syria said they saw "nothing frightening" during a visit to Homs, the city activists say is the epicenter of nine months of deadly clashes with government forces.
"Some places looked a bit of a mess but there was nothing frightening," Sudanese General Mustafa Dabi, the chief of the monitoring contingent, told Reuters by telephone from Damascus.