An 11-year-old boy was able to survive the massacres in Houla, and he told the Guardian how pro-regime militia men killed his family, and how he managed to escape. The boy said the militia entered ...

Syrian President Bashar Assad said on Sunday that, despite deep suspicion from the United Nations, the Syrian government had nothing to do with last week's massacre in Houla, where more than 100 ...

The massacre in Houla could prove to be a watershed moment in the Syrian crisis, which began in March 2011 with peaceful protests inspired by the wave of uprisings sweeping the Arab world. Nearly 15 ...

Syrian President Bashar Assad said that his country is engaged in a "real war" with outside forces and denied any role in the Houla massacre in his first public address since January. In a televised ...

AMMAN, May 30 (Reuters) - The gunmen arrived shortly before dusk, some in uniform and some in plain clothes, before herding whole families into rooms and killing them in cold blood, according to ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad denied Sunday that his government had anything to do with last week's gruesome Houla massacre, saying not even "monsters" would carry out such an ugly crime ...

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian authorities on Sunday denied carrying out a massacre after opposition activists said at least 109 civilians were killed in the central town of Houla, among the worst carnage ...

AMMAN (Reuters) - Opposition activists in Syria on Sunday criticised U.N. observers for failing to take action to prevent the massacre of at least 109 people in the town of Houla. They also criticised ...

Russia opposes a Houla massacre investigation with mechanisms of the UN Human Rights Council GENEVA, June 1 (Itar-Tass) —— Russia opposes a Houla massacre investigation with mechanisms of the UN Human ...

Monitors for the United Nations have confirmed 108 victims, including 49 children and 34 women — many executed at close range — by Syrian soldiers last Friday. After this latest massacre in Houla, ...

Houla massacre further isolates Syrian President Bashar Assad and embarrasses his few remaining allies Eyewitness accounts from the Syrian massacre emerged Tuesday, describing shadowy gunmen ...