Topic - Bashar Al-Assad

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  Prosecutor, judge killed in northwest Syria

  Gunmen opened fire Sunday on a car carrying a senior Syrian state prosecutor and a judge in the restive northwest province of Idlib, killing both of them and their driver.

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  Gunmen kill judge, prosecutor, driver

  Gunmen opened fire Sunday on a car carrying a senior Syrian state prosecutor and a judge in the restive northwest province of Idlib, killing both of them and their driver, according to the state news agency.

• Syrian forces fire on funeral in Damascus, kill 1

  Syrian security forces fired live rounds and tear gas at thousands of people marching Saturday in a funeral procession that turned into a protest in Damascus, killing at least one person, activists said. It was one of the largest demonstrations in the capital since the 11-month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad began.

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  New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid dies in Syria

  New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner whose dispatches captured untold stories from Baghdad under "shock and awe" bombing to Libya wracked by civil war, died Thursday of an apparent asthma attack in Syria.

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  U.N. sees possible crimes against humanity in Syria

  U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon accused the Syrian regime of potential crimes against humanity Thursday as activists reported fresh violence in Daraa, the city where the uprising against President Bashar Assad erupted 11 months ago.

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  U.N. demands end of attacks in Syria

  U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon accused the Syrian regime of committing "almost certain" crimes against humanity Thursday, as activists reported fresh violence and the arrest of several prominent dissidents, including a U.S.-born blogger.

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  Russia opposes U.N. General Assembly move on Syria

  Russia opposes a draft resolution on Syria at the U.N. General Assembly, saying it focuses entirely on Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime and fails to address the armed opposition, a top Russian diplomat said Thursday.

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  Fresh violence in Syria as U.N. warns of civil war

  Syrian government forces renewed their assault on the rebellious city of Homs on Tuesday in what activists described as the heaviest shelling in days, as the U.N. human rights chief raised fears of civil war.

• Briefly: Middle East

  Syrian forces Tuesday renewed their assault on the city of Homs in what activists described as the heaviest shelling in days, as the U.N. human rights chief raised fears of civil war.

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  Activists: Syrian rebels repel attack on town

  Syrian rebels repelled a push Monday by government tanks into a key central town held by forces fighting President Bashar Assad's regime as the country's 11-month-old uprising looked increasingly like a nascent civil war.

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  Syria targets children in attacks, U.N. official reports

  Syrian soldiers are killing children in their assault on anti-government strongholds, as human rights abuses have "sharply escalated" in the 11-month uprising against President Bashar Assad, a top U.N. official said Monday.

• U.S. not ready to back U.N. peace force

  U.S. and Turkish officials condemned the mounting bloodshed in Syria on Monday but declined to endorse calls by the Arab League for the creation of a U.N. peacekeeping force to quell the violence.

• Inside Politics

  A Utah man police say threatened to assassinate Gov. Gary R. Herbert is facing multiple felony charges.

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  Al Qaeda urges Muslims to help Syrian rebels

  Al Qaeda's chief has called on Muslims from other countries to support rebels in Syria seeking to overthrow President Bashar Assad, saying they cannot depend on the West for help.

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  Arab League wants U.N. peacekeepers in Syria

  The Arab League will call Sunday for the U.N. Security Council to create a joint peacekeeping force for Syria, the latest effort by the regional group to end the 11-month old crisis that has killed more than 5,000 people.

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