Late war reporter Marie Colvin listed for top UK writing prize

By Darya Korsunskaya SOCHI, Russia, May 17 (Reuters) - A proposed international conference on Syria should be held as soon as possible, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday, but no date has yet been agreed for a meeting that appears to ...

Syria faced an Internet blackout for eight hours on Wednesday, its second one in the past week and the sixth one of the two-year uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, a U.S. web trafficking firm reported. Phone lines into Damascus were also ...

BEIRUT, May 14 (Reuters) - At least 94,000 people have been killed during Syria's two-year conflict, but the death toll is likely to be as high as 120,000, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday. The group said that at least 41,000 ...

OTTAWA - Canada is contributing $2 million to help Syrian refugees who are flooding into Jordan.The money is intended to help a number of non-governmental organizations provide humanitarian assistance for the refugees.CARE Canada is providing 2,500 ...

On May 13, the Newseum, a popular museum in Washington D.C. will rededicate its Journalist Memorial, which honors journalists who died or were killed while on the job. The Newseum is dedicated to championing the value of a free press and the men and ...

Syria, McClatchy Newspapers, Mcclatchy, Mcclatchy Syria, Mcclatchy Syria Weapons, Syria Weapons, Media News As the talk of possible chemical weapons use in Syria heats up, reporters from the McClatchy group of newspapers have been noticeably more ...

MOSCOW The United States and Russia pledged Tuesday to set aside more than two years of differences over Syria's civil war, saying they'd convene an international conference later this month to try to corral President Bashar Assad's regime and the ...

Syria is the deadliest place for journalists, who are deliberately targeted by both the government and rebel groups, according to a new human rights report. At least 36 journalists have been killed in targeted attacks since 2011, but opposition and ...

Below is a list of the 23 journalists who have died in Syria since the beginning of the revolt against the regime of Bashar al-Assad on March 15, 2011, according to a count by AFP and Paris-based media watchdog Reporters Without Borders. --2012-- - ...