Syrian Muslim Brotherhood

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  Banned in Syria, Muslim Brotherhood Members Trickle Home

  Hundreds of members of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood have returned from exile, hoping to rebuild a movement which was crushed decades ago at home and is deemed a terrorist organisation by leading Arab states.

• Head of Syria Opposition Government Sacked

  The Qatar-backed head of the Syrian opposition's interim government was sacked Tuesday, under pressure from Saudi Arabia, once again exposing the sharp divisions between the opposition's main backers.

• Syrian, Palestinian refugees held in Egypt begin hunger strike

  Dozens of refugees from Syria detained in an Egyptian police station began a hunger strike on Friday to draw attention to their plight, several of them said.

• Syria's Bashar al-Assad deals blow to peace initiative

  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has dealt a blow to efforts for a peace conference, saying the time is not ripe, as Western and Arab powers prepared to meet today with the fractured opposition.

• As Barack Obama blinks on Syria, Israel, Saudis make common cause

  If President Barack Obama has disappointed Syrian rebels by deferring to Congress before bombing Damascus, he has also dismayed the United States' two main allies in the Middle East.

• Syrian President applauds fall of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood

  Arab identity is back on the right track after the fall from power of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, which had used religion for its own political gain, Syrian President Bashar Assad said in remarks published today.