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Syrian sanctions slapped on Assad's wife, relatives

Don Melvin, John Heilprin The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 23, 2012 - 10:29am

BRUSSELS -- EU foreign ministers have slapped sanctions on the wife and other close relatives of Syrian President Bashar Assad, freezing their assets and banning them from traveling to the EU in a continuing attempt to stop the violent crackdown on opposition, officials said Friday.

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Free Syrian Army fighters pray in Idlib, north Syria, Thursday, March 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Syria opposition chief rejects talks

Zeina Karam The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 9, 2012 - 10:28am

BEIRUT -- The leader of Syria's main opposition group rejected calls Friday by U.N. envoy Kofi Annan for dialogue with President Bashar Assad's government, saying they were pointless and unrealistic as the regime massacres its own people.

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Fayssal al-Hamwi , Syrian Ambassador in Geneva delivers his statement to the urgent debate on Syria during the 19th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Feb. 29, 2012. The U.N.'s human rights chief Navanethem Pillay says the situation in Syria has deteriorated rapidly in recent weeks and demands an immediate humanitarian cease-fire. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)

Situation in Syria deteriorating

Frank Jordans The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 10:44am

GENEVA -- There needs to be an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Syria, the U.N. human rights chief declared Tuesday, saying the situation has deteriorated rapidly as the Assad regime steps up its onslaught against the opposition.

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Syrian forces fire on funeral in Damascus, kill 1

Zeina Karam The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, February 18, 2012 - 8:04am

BEIRUT -- 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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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian security forces walk on the wreckage of a damaged building at a security compound which was attacked by an explosion, in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, on Friday Feb. 10, 2012. Two explosions targeted security compounds in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Friday, state media said, causing an unspecified number of casualties in a major city seen as key to President Bashar Assad's grip on power. (AP Photo/SANA)

Blasts hit security HQs in Syrian city

Bassem Mroue The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 10:44am

BEIRUT -- Two explosions struck security compounds in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Friday, killing 25 people and wounding 175, state media reported, in a major city that has largely stood by President Bashar Assad in the nearly 11-month-old uprising against his rule.

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton makes a statement about Syria, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

US demands Assad leave in Syria

Matthew Lee The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 10:02am

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama called directly Thursday for Syrian President Bashar Assad to resign, saying the brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters makes the heir to a long Middle East family dictatorship unfit to lead.

It was the administration's first explicit demand for Assad to step down and was accompanied by an executive order freezing all Syrian government assets in the U.S. and targeting the country's lucrative energy sector.

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