Syria militiaman: I raped and murdered for £300 a month

First Post Sun 15 Jul, AT 09:35

Pro-Assad Shabiha member captured by rebels tells how he enjoyed the power that allowed him to kill and rape with impunity

Massacre of over 200 feared in Syrian village of Tremseh

One-Minute Read Fri 13 Jul, AT 08:53

Attack on rebel village by helicopter gunships and tanks followed up by executions, according to activists

Syrian prime minister Riad Hijab 'defects with three ministers'

First Post Mon 6 Aug, AT 11:42

'Rats are fleeing the ship' says Syria analyst as regime loses its highest profile member yet

Bashar al-Assad

Assad accuses United States of backing rebel 'terrorists'

One-Minute Read Mon 9 Jul, AT 12:30

Syrian president uses German TV interview to rule out any possibility of standing down

General's defection hints at Syrian regime turmoil

First Post Fri 6 Jul, AT 11:45

Assad is further rocked as top general and troops swap sides to the Free Syria Army

Syrian TV presenter defects as Assad 'regrets' downing jet

One-Minute Read Tue 3 Jul, AT 08:55

Assad regime rocked as well-known TV host and senior army officers go over to oppositon

Bashar al-Assad

Syria: Assad promises to 'annihilate' terrorist threat

One-Minute Read Fri 29 Jun, AT 12:44

As tanks mass on the border with Turkey, Syria's leader rejects any external measures to bring peace

Mi-24 helicopter - Russia

UK insurer strands Russian 'helicopter' shipment to Syria

First Post Tue 19 Jun, AT 10:11

Insurer withdraws cover from cargo ship allegedly taking helicopters to Assad

Robert Fox

Syria: nothing can be done to stop bloodshed – but there is one hope

Mon 18 Jun, AT 09:39 Robert Fox

A senior UK diplomat says Assad's own Alawites might turn on his 'crooked' family. But Syria is not the only intractable crisis…

Hillary Clinton accuses Russia of supplying attack helicopters to Syria

Russia 'supplying helicopters' to Syria, UN man declares civil war

First Post Wed 13 Jun, AT 09:42

Clinton accuses Moscow of feeding Syrian conflict as UN peacekeeping chief calls unrest 'civil war'

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