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US Secretary of State John Kerry headed Tuesday to Saudi Arabia in hopes of coordinating support for Syria's rebels amid fears that a prolonged civil war will embolden extremists.

• 26 июня 2013, 10:00

Syrian rebels have clashed with government troops after converging on a military airport in Aleppo.

• 11 июня 2013, 16:07

The United States must deepen its engagement in Syria by equipping the rebels or setting up a safe zone to protect the opposition.

• 08 июня 2013, 10:04

The European Union and Russia kick off a two-day summit on Monday overshadowed by rows over Brussels' decision to lift its arms embargo on the Syrian rebels and resolve to loosen Moscow's grip on EU natural gas supplies.

• 03 июня 2013, 14:27

Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles on Thursday denounced as "blackmail" a threat by Caracas to end support for Colombia's peace process with leftist rebels.

• 01 июня 2013, 10:00

Embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is facing a two-year rebellion against his rule, will run for a third term in 2014 if the people want him to.

• 30 мая 2013, 19:29

The United States said Tuesday it supports the European Union's decision to ease an arms embargo on Syria as a means of showing support for rebels despite America's own refusal to provide weapons.

• 29 мая 2013, 16:42

Colombia and leftist FARC rebels said Sunday they have reached a deal on land reform, one of the most contentious items in negotiations aimed at ending five decades of insurgency.

• 27 мая 2013, 16:56

The UN General Assembly condemned President Bashar al-Assad's "escalation" of the Syrian war on Wednesday as rebels battled to free inmates from a prison in the key city of Aleppo.

• 16 мая 2013, 18:33

Kurdish rebels are due to begin their much-anticipated withdrawal from Turkey into their stronghold in northern Iraq on Wednesday, a major step towards ending a decades-long conflict that has left tens of thousands dead.

• 08 мая 2013, 18:48

Syrian rebels have made use of the deadly nerve agent sarin in their war-torn country's conflict.

• 07 мая 2013, 11:31

The United States said Thursday it was taking a fresh look at whether to arm Syria's rebels as the Damascus regime pressed an assault on opposition forces in the embattled city of Homs.

• 03 мая 2013, 13:11

Fear and anger on Sunday followed a Sudanese rebel strike on a major town residents said had been left unguarded and was hit during coordinated attacks in the insurgents' most audacious act in years.

• 29 апреля 2013, 18:51

The United States said Thursday for the first time that Syria had likely used chemical weapons against rebel forces, but emphasized spy agencies were still not 100 percent sure of the assessment.

• 26 апреля 2013, 18:55

UN leader Ban Ki-moon appealed Monday for an end to outside arms supplies to rival sides in the Syrian war but the Arab League chief said that would not be possible.

• 23 апреля 2013, 16:29

Syrian rebels fighting President President Bashar al-Assad's troops won a fresh boost Monday when the European Union eased its oil embargo to let them exploit the resources they control.

• 23 апреля 2013, 11:36

Syrian opposition chief Ahmad Moaz al-Khatib is determined to step down in the face of what he sees as world "inaction" as government forces recapture territory from the rebels.

• 22 апреля 2013, 17:18

The European Union is set Monday to ease its oil embargo against Syria in favour of rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad's regime in its latest signal of support to the opposition.

• 22 апреля 2013, 16:22

The Seleka rebels who staged a successful coup in the Central African Republic last month are recruiting troops for a new national army, though nobody has the means to pay them.

• 05 апреля 2013, 14:29

The Central African Republic's prime minister has named mostly rebels and opposition figures to his new post-coup government, as reports emerged of child soldiers killed in the fight for the capital.

• 01 апреля 2013, 14:31