Syria rejects UN attack account
Syria has denied claims that it killed more than 100 people in an attack on the village of Tremseh. UN monitors are expected to return to the scene to try and work out what happened.
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ICRC: Syrian conflict now a civil war
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has classed Syria's conflict as an internal armed conflict - a civil war in layman's terms. The humanitarian agency said the violence had broken out of its three original flashpoints of Homs, Hama and Idlib.
– ICRC spokesman Hicham HassanThere is a non-international armed conflict in Syria. Not every place is affected, but it is not only limited to those three areas, it has spread to several other areas. That does not mean that all areas throughout the country are affected by hostilities.
The classification means that anyone who commits certain crimes against civilians can be charged with war crimes in violation of international humanitarian law.
UN release footage of observers visiting Tremseh
The UN monitoring team in Syria has released video of observers visiting Tremseh to investigate an assault on the village by Syrian forces.
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Fighting in Damascus city is 'the fiercest yet'
by Bill Neely - International EditorFighting within Damascus city is "the fiercest yet" residents have told Reuters news agency.
There have been many reports of loud explosions and persistent gunfire in south Damascus.
Kofi Annan to visit Russia for Syria talks
Special envoy Kofi Annan will travel to Moscow on Monday for two days of talks with the President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the crisis in Syria, a spokesman has confirmed
UN observers in Tremseh as government disputes claims
UN observers toured Tremseh for a second day as the Syrian government denied claims that its forces killed more than 100 people on Thursday.
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Several people have been injured after an explosion hit a bus carrying security forces in Damascus. Residents say they heard a powerful blast, followed by the sirens of ambulances rushing toward Damascus's southern ring road near the neighbourhood of Midan.
Activists say the blast appeared to have been caused by an explosive device stuck onto the bus.
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Iran 'ready to host Syria crisis talks'
Iran says it is ready to host talks between the Syrian government and opposition groups:
– Ali Akbar Salehi, Iranian Foreign MinisterThe Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to sit down with the Syrian opposition and invite them to Iran. We are ready to facilitate and provide the conditions for talks between the opposition and the government.
Tremseh account 'did not rely on facts'
– SYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTERYesterday we received a letter from [UN envoy] Kofi Annan addressed to the Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem. The least that can be said about this letter about what happened in Tremseh is that it did not rely on facts. As diplomatically as possible, we say that this letter was very rushed."
Syria Foreign Ministry: 37 'killed in clashes' in Tremseh
Syria's Foreign Ministry has denied claims by the UN's envoy Kofi Annan that helicopters, tanks and artillery were used in clashes in Tremseh. It says 37 fighters and two civilians were killed - and not over 100 as activists say.
UN: Tremseh attack targeted army defectors, activists
An attack in Tremseh in Syria appeared to target the homes of army defectors and activists, a spokesman for the UN observers in Syria said.
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