المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان
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April 2014

Syria misses deadline for removing chemical weapons

The Syrian government missed the deadline for taking another batch of chemical weapons out of the country again. Yet, the government of Syria intends to complete the work in the coming days, The New York Times reports. Originally,…

Syria still has ‘8 percent of its chemical arms’

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) announced on Sunday Syria still has 8% of its chemical arms as the deadline expired for the arsenal to be handed over. "We are talking of the remaining 7.8 percent chemical…

Syrian refugees arrive in new Jordan camp

Amman (AFP) - The United Nations said on Monday that Jordan's third refugee camp, Azraq, had received its first group of Syrians ahead of its official opening this week. "A few hundred Syrian refugees started to arrive in Azraq camp…

Syrian relief work hampered by U.N. failings, aid groups say

(Reuters) - Aid organisations working in Syria say they are growing frustrated at how the United Nations is handling the world's biggest humanitarian crisis, accusing it of excluding them and withholding information vital to assist…

Syria’s Assad to seek re-election in June vote

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad declared his candidacy Monday for a new seven-year term in June presidential elections, more than three years into a revolt against his rule that has killed more than 150,000 people,…

China believes arms firm did not violate rules in Syria

Beijing, Reuters—China’s foreign ministry said on Friday that it did not believe that the country’s biggest arms maker had violated any international conventions, after a canister bearing its name was shown in footage believed to document a…

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