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A Syrian official said Monday that the country has received a UN request to interview six officials in connection with the UN investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , and...

A Syrian judicial committee has begun its own investigation into the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri . Syrian Attorney General Ghada Mourad , who is heading the committee, has said that Syria will...

US ambassador to the UN John Bolton said Thursday that a second UN Security Council resolution would be required to ensure that Syria has fully withdrawn all intelligence personnel from Lebanon. His comments followed Wednesday's UN Security...

Syria on Wednesday released 190 political prisoners, a move observers said was likely aimed at avoiding further confrontation with the US and UN. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ordered the pardons, which included some...

The UN Human Rights Committee urged in a report Wednesday that Canada open an investigation into allegations that its law enforcement agencies cooperated in the torture of several Canadian citizens detained in Middle Eastern...

Arab nations are quietly pressing Syria to fully cooperate with the international investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri following Syria's criticism Tuesday of a UN resolution ...

The Syrian government on Tuesday sharply criticized a UN resolution ordering Syria to fully cooperate with the international investigation into the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri or face serious diplomatic...

Syria has agreed to allow Detlev Mehlis, the German prosecutor leading the UN probe of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , to interview two relatives of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad...

Resolution 1636 (2005), United Nations Security Council, October 31, 2005 . Read the full text of the resolution and a synopsis of member statements....

AP is reporting that the UN Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter calling on Syria to cooperate with a UN investigation into the February assassination...