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Syrian rebels seize parts of strategic air base
Hundreds of Islamic militants fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad seized parts of a strategic northwestern air base Thursday after weeks ...
Egypt's president invited to Iran, discusses Syria
Iran's foreign minister on Thursday invited Egypt's president to visit Tehran again, a sign of improved relations between the two nations since an ...
Iranians freed in major prisoner swap in Syria
Rebels freed 48 Iranians on Wednesday in exchange for more than 2,000 prisoners, including women and children, held by Syrian authorities — a deal ...
Russia: West should consider Assad's proposals
Syrian President Bashar Assad's proposals for ending his country's civil war should be taken into account by the international community, Russian ...
Winter storm brings more misery to Syrian refugees
A winter storm is magnifying the misery for tens of thousands of Syrians fleeing the country's civil war, turning a refugee camp into a muddy swamp ...
Fighting flares in Palestinian camp in Damascus
Palestinian factions in Syria called for a cease-fire Tuesday after fighting flared at a refugee camp in the capital, Damascus, highlighting a split ...
Fighting in Syria as world slams Assad speech
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday expressed disappointment with Syrian President Bashar Assad for rejecting the most important elements of ...
3 bid cities submit 2020 Olympic files to IOC
Exactly eight months before the vote, the race for the 2020 Summer Games moved into a crucial phase Monday when the three candidate cities submitted ...
US quickly rejects Assad's plan to stay in power
The Obama administration is rejecting a new proposal from Syrian President Bashar Assad that would begin a peace process and keep the besieged leader ...
Defiant Assad pledges to continue fighting
A defiant Syrian President Bashar Assad rallied a chanting and cheering crowd Sunday to fight the uprising against his authoritarian rule, dismissing ...
Israeli premier: frontier fence with Syria needed
Israel's premier pledged Sunday to build a fortified fence along the frontier with Syria, warning that radical Islamist forces have taken over the ...
Syrian president to give speech Sunday
Syrian President Bashar Assad will deliver a speech on Sunday in a rare address to the nation, state media said, as rebels fighting to topple his ...
Syrian forces bombard rebel areas near capital
Syrian government warplanes and artillery pounded restive suburbs of Damascus on Friday and anti-regime activists said a car bomb targeted an ...
UN diplomat: New talks on Syria possible next week
The president of the U.N. Security Council said Thursday there are important developments in efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the 21-month war ...
Rebel area shows limits of rebel push for Damascus
Twin airstrikes by government jets on a large, rebel-held suburb of Damascus on Thursday sheered the sides off apartment towers and left residents ...
Activists: At least 9 killed by Damascus car bomb
A car bomb blew up late Thursday in a Damascus gas station, killing at least nine people, a Syrian activist group said. The Britain-based Syrian ...
Syrian asylum seekers soared in Sweden in 2012
More than 12 times as many Syrians sought asylum in Sweden in 2012 than the previous year, making the Scandinavian country the top European ...
UN says more than 60,000 dead in Syrian civil war
The United Nations gave a grim new count Wednesday of the human cost of Syria's civil war, saying the death toll has exceeded 60,000 in 21 months — ...
American journalist missing in Syria
An American journalist has been missing in Syria since he was kidnapped more than one month ago, his family said Wednesday, less than two years after ...
Clashes in Syria shut down Aleppo airport
Clashes between government troops and rebels on Tuesday forced the international airport in Aleppo to stop all flights in and out of Syria's largest ...
International envoy warns of failed state in Syria
The international envoy seeking to end Syria's civil war warned Sunday that the failure of the government and the rebels to pursue a political ...
Jordan says can handle any Syrian chemical threat
Jordan says it is prepared to deal with any potential chemical weapon threat posed by the ongoing violence in neighboring Syria, but adds it will not ...
Russian FM says Assad won't go
Russia's foreign minister said Saturday that Syrian President Bashar Assad has no intention of stepping down and it would be impossible to try to ...