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Foreign Secretary William Hague will announce that he has agreed to provide half a million pounds of British support to Syria's political opposition.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Foreign Secretary William Hague has called for Syria to implement the joint United Nations and Arab League Special Envoy Kofi Annan's six point plan.
Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken after EU Foreign Ministers agreed to impose further sanctions on Syria.
The UN Human Rights Council in Geneva has today adopted a resolution which further condemns the appalling human rights violations in Syria.
Britain will provide funding to the UN to help get food to 1.7 million people caught up in the ongoing violence
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt said that there should be no impunity for those who commit atrocities as the UN Human Rights Council discussed Syria.
Foreign Secretary William Hague said it is time for the UN Security Council to show unity and leadership when he spoke about Syria at a debate in New York on 12 March.
The UK withdrew all British diplomats from Damascus last week. On his return to the UK, British Ambassador Simon Collis discussed the situation in Syria.
Foreign Secretary William Hague has announced that all diplomatic staff have been withdrawn from Damascus, and Embassy services suspended.
Britain backs international calls to allow aid agencies into Syria
Foreign Secretary William Hague comments on hearing the reports that the Assad regime may be preparing a land assault on Homs.
Foreign Secretary William Hague confirmed British journalist Paul Conroy is safely in Lebanon when he updated the House of Commons on 28 February.
Full text of the Chairman's Conclusions of the International Conference of the Group of Friends of the Syrian People on 24 February.
Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne called for an end to the violence in Syria and said that those responsible for the atrocities will be held to account for the crimes they have committed.
Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke after EU Foreign Ministers agreed further sanctions including freezing the assets of the Central Bank of Syria and the restricting the regime's access to the gold and precious metal…
Foreign Secretary William Hague was in Tunisia today for the Friends of Syria meeting.
Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke at the Friends of Syria meeting in Tunis on 24 February.
The latest report of the Human Rights Council mandated Commission of Inquiry into human rights violations in Syria was published today.
Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken following reports of the death of Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik in Homs today.
On the Foreign Secretary’s instructions, the Syrian Ambassador to London, Dr Sami Khiyami, was summoned to the Foreign Office this afternoon to see the Political Director Sir Geoffrey Adams.
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