
Syrian rebels shoot down regime helicopter in east
Syrian rebels shot down a military helicopter in the country's east, killing eight government troops on board as President Bashar Assad's troops ...

Israeli airstrikes on Syria prompt threats, anger
Israel rushed to beef up its rocket defenses on its northern border Sunday to shield against possible retaliation after carrying out two airstrikes ...

Israeli raids in Syria highlight Arab conundrum
Five weeks ago, the head of the Arab League capped a summit in Qatar with an impassioned appeal to strengthen the rebel fighters trying to bring down ...

Sunnis flee Syrian city after reports of killings
Thousands of Sunni Muslims fled a Syrian coastal town Saturday, a day after reports circulated that dozens of people, including children, had been ...

Readying new Syria push, US feels out Russia again
The Obama administration is trying to leverage new evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons, and make a fresh ...

Sectarian killings reported in Syrian village
The bodies of the Syrian boys and young men in jeans and casual shirts were strewn along a blood-stained pavement, dying apparently where they fell.
Amnesty: Syrian government, rebels hunt reporters
Amnesty International said Friday that Syria's government and elements of its rebel movement are deliberately targeting journalists, releasing a ...
Activists say dozens killed in Syrian village
Syrian troops backed by pro-government gunmen swept into a Sunni village in the mountains near the Mediterranean coast on Thursday, killing dozens of ...

Syria's Assad in rare visit as rockets hit capital
Syrian President Bashar Assad made a rare public appearance at a Damascus power station on Wednesday, while two bombs exploded near the city center, ...

Hezbollah warns of possible Syria intervention
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group said Tuesday that Syrian rebels will not be able to defeat President Bashar Assad's regime ...

Hezbollah hints at possible Syria intervention
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group said Tuesday that Syrian rebels will not be able to defeat President Bashar Assad's regime ...

Syrian prime minister escapes bombing in Damascus
Syria's prime minister narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in the heart of the heavily defended capital Monday, state media said, laying bare ...
Israel lawmaker: Hezbollah getting chemical arms
A former Israeli defense minister alleged Monday that Syria's chemical weapons are "trickling" to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. It was the ...

Syrian premier escapes bomb attack in Damascus
Syria's prime minister escaped an assassination attempt Monday when a bomb exploded near his convoy in Damascus, state media reported, in the latest ...

Major assassination attempts in Syria's conflict
Syrian opposition forces have targeted government officials, army and police officers and civil servants in their campaign to topple President Bashar ...

Pattern seen in alleged chemical arms use in Syria
The instances in which chemical weapons are alleged to have been used in Syria were purportedly small in scale: nothing along the lines of Saddam ...

Syrian rebels, troops clash at 3 air bases
Syrian rebels seeking to topple President Bashar Assad fought intense battles with his troops on Sunday to try to seize control of three military air ...

Rebels attack sprawling air base in northern Syria
Syrian rebels attacked a sprawling military air base in the country's northwest on Saturday, while opposition forces assaulted a string of army ...

Israel fears end to 40-year peace on Syrian front
Against a vista of green fields and snowcapped mountains, all is silent but for a gusting wind. Then comes a burst of gunfire from the Syrian civil ...

Syrian officials deny use of chemical weapons
Two Syrian officials denied Friday that government forces had used chemical weapons against rebels, the first response from President Bashar Assad's ...

Syrian troops capture key town near Damascus
After five weeks of battle, Syrian government troops captured a strategic town near Damascus, cutting an arms route for rebels trying to topple ...

Minaret of famed mosque in Syria destroyed
The 11th-century minaret of a famed mosque that towered over the narrow stone alleyways of Aleppo's old quarter collapsed Wednesday as rebels and ...

Minaret of landmark mosque in Syria destroyed
The minaret of a landmark 12th century mosque in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo was destroyed Wednesday, leaving the once-soaring stone tower a ...
Dutch court: compensation for gas attack survivors
A Dutch court on Wednesday ordered a businessman convicted of selling Saddam Hussein raw materials for mustard gas to pay compensation to victims of ...

Qatar faces backlash among rebel groups in Syria
In a war-battered suburb of Damascus, a commander for one of the smaller nationalist brigades fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad ...