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Syria crisis top of agenda at G8 ministers meeting

April 10, 2013 / By Armoured Cars / In security

Foreign Secretary William Hague has said the crisis in Syria will be at the “top of the agenda” when G8 foreign ministers meet in London this week.

He has warned that the “situation in Syria continues to get worse”.

Mr Hague said that top of his “personal agenda” is another initiative, to end a “culture of impunity” over sexual violence and abuse during war.

Foreign ministers from the G8 nations are starting two days of talks in London before the G8 summit in June.

Mr Hague will meet with the foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States, on Wednesday and Thursday.

Syria capital Damascus sees heavy Jobar fighting

February 7, 2013 / By Armoured Cars / In security

Fierce fighting broke out in the Syrian capital, Damascus, as rebels attacked forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, witnesses and rebels said.

Much of the violence was centred around the Jobar district and a key junction on the Damascus ring road.

But it was not clear whether the rebels managed to retain any territory they claimed in battle, and the Syrian army said it too launched an offensive.

Earlier, reports said bombings in the town of Palmyra killed 19 people.

The violence in both Damascus and Palmyra came as the head of the main Syrian opposition alliance, Moaz al-Khatib, said his offer of talks with the government would be withdrawn unless women prisoners were released by Sunday.