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New envoy to Syria says crisis getting worse

New envoy to Syria says crisis getting worse

Elizabeth Kennedy · September 13, 2012 4:00 am

In this citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, Syrians pay their respect to those killed in Damascus, Syria. Syrian opposition activists say regime forces have swept through neighborhoods south of the capital Damascus in a deadly military operation that has inflicted casualties. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, SNN)THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS CITIZEN JOURNALIST IMAGE

Annan quits as Syrian envoy, blames lack of unity

Elizabeth Kennedy · August 2, 2012 4:00 am

This image made from amateur video released by the Ugarit News and accessed Tuesday, July 31, 2012, purports to show Syrian government forces in Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTO

Syria’s Aleppo running low on food amid siege

Elizabeth Kennedy · July 31, 2012 4:00 am

Syrian Brig. Gen. Manaf Tlass walks with Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, unseen, before a Ramadan fast-breaking dinner at Davutoglu's residence in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, July 26, 2012. The general, who defected from Syria, made a surprise visit to Turkey. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Syrian defector wants to help unify opposition

Elizabeth Kennedy · July 26, 2012 4:00 am

In this image made from amateur video released by the Ugarit News and accessed Monday, July 23, 2012, Free Syrian Army soldiers react after destroying two military tanks during clashes with Syrian government troops in Aleppo, Syria. The Syrian regime acknowledged for the first time Monday that it possessed stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons and said it will only use them in case of a foreign attack and never internally against its own citizens. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video) TV OUT, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIAL

Syria could use chemical weapons if attacked

Elizabeth Kennedy · July 23, 2012 4:00 am

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2008 file photo provided by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Nawaf Fares, left, is sworn in as Syria's ambassador to Iraq before Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem in Damascus. Fares, who became Syria's highest ranking diplomat to defect to the opposition on Wednesday, July 11, 2012, dismissed the main international plan seeking to stop the violence, saying Thursday that nothing short of Assad's ouster is acceptable. (AP Photo/SANA, File)

Activists: Massacre in Syria kills more than 100

Elizabeth Kennedy · July 13, 2012 4:00 am

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen addresses the media after he met with NATO ambassadors, at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, June 26, 2012. According to NATO, Syria's downing of a Turkish jet is 'unacceptable,' and NATO condemns 'it in the strongest terms'. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

Turkey warns Syria away from its border

Elizabeth Kennedy · June 27, 2012 4:00 am

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen addresses the media after he met with NATO ambassadors at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, June 26, 2012. According to NATO, Syria's downing of a Turkish jet is 'unacceptable,' and NATO condemns 'it in the strongest terms'. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

Turkey warns Syria away from its border

Elizabeth Kennedy · June 26, 2012 4:00 am

Syrian activists report renewed shelling in Homs

Syrian activists report renewed shelling in Homs

Elizabeth Kennedy · June 18, 2012 5:17 pm

In this image made from amateur video released by the Ugarit News and accessed Wednesday, June 13, 2012, purports to show black smoke rising from buildings in Homs, Syria. Fireballs of orange flames exploded over the central city of Homs, where Syrian forces fired a continuous rain of shells that slammed into the rebel-held neighborhoods of Khaldiyeh, Jouret al-Shayyah and the old city. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video) TV OUT, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIAL

Syria overruns rebellious village, violence spikes

Elizabeth Kennedy · June 14, 2012 1:36 am