
Syria Muslim Brotherhood denies seeking power grab
The exiled leader of Syria's Muslim Brotherhood denied Monday widespread accusations by other pro-rebel political factions that the group is seeking ...

Hezbollah-backed Lebanese Shiites fight in Syria
Masked men in camouflage toting Kalashnikov rifles fan out through a dusty olive grove, part of a group of Hezbollah-backed fighters from Lebanon who ...

Activists: Syrian regime airstrikes kill 25
Syrian government warplanes carried out airstrikes on a rebellious neighborhood in the capital and a village in the country's northeast on Sunday, ...
Iraq reports searching Syrian plane; no arms found
An Iraqi aviation official says authorities ordered a Damascus-bound Syrian plane transiting Iraqi airspace to land for inspection, but that no ...

Syrian troops widen offensive in border areas
Syrian soldiers backed by warplanes battled rebels for control of strategic hilltop villages near the Lebanese border on Friday, as government troops ...

Syrian troops launch counterattack on south
Syrian government forces launched a counteroffensive in the south, capturing a town and killing at least 45 people including women and children, ...

Syrian regime's air power keeps rebels in check
President Bashar Assad has exploited his greatest advantage in the Syrian civil war — his air power — to push back rebel advances and prevent the ...

Suicide blast in Syrian capital kills at least 15
A suicide car bomber struck Monday in the financial heart of Syria's capital, killing at least 15 people, damaging the nearby central bank and ...

UN: Chemical investigators ready to go to Syria
U.N. experts are ready to move into Syria immediately to investigate reported chemical weapons attacks but President Bashar Assad's government still ...

Major bombings since Syrian uprising began in 2011
A list of some of the major bombings in Syria since the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began in March 2011: —April 8: A car bomb ...
Iraq forces Iranian plane bound for Syria to land
Iraqi authorities forced an Iranian plane to land on Monday so it could be searched for weapons bound for Syrian regime fighters, but they found only ...

Syrian regime launches counteroffensive on rebels
After weeks of rebel gains in the south, the Syrian regime launched a counteroffensive on Sunday with widespread airstrikes and an operation that ...

Syrian airstrike kills at least 15 in Aleppo
A Syrian government airstrike on a heavily contested neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo on Saturday killed at least 15 people, including nine ...
Iraqi Shiite group says member killed in Syria
A member of an Iraq Shiite militant group was killed in Syria, an official with the group said Saturday, highlighting how the increasingly sectarian ...

Syrian president warns of fallout if regime falls
President Bashar Assad warned the fall of his regime or the breakup of Syria will unleash a "domino effect" that will fuel Middle East instability for ...

Jordan aid to rebels raises tensions with Syria
Jordan tightened security along its border with Syria, doubling the number of soldiers as President Bashar Assad's regime warned Thursday the kingdom ...

Rebels capture military base in southern Syria
Syrian rebels captured a military base in the country's south on Wednesday after days of heavy fighting, activists said, in the latest advance by ...

Syrian forces pound rebel-held areas of Damascus
Syrian warplanes and artillery pounded opposition strongholds in Damascus and its suburbs Tuesday, as rebels in the northern city of Aleppo launched ...

US restraint in Syria could aid Iran nuclear talks
President Barack Obama's reluctance to give military aid to Syrian rebels may be explained, in part, in three words: Iranian nuclear weapons. For the ...

Syrian rebels enter strategic Aleppo neighborhood
Syrian rebels pushed into a strategic neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo after days of heavy clashes, seizing control of at least part of the ...

Mortar shells strike Damascus, killing at least 10
Mortar shells crashed into an outdoor cafe at Damascus University on Thursday, killing at least 10 students in the deadliest of a rising number of ...

Officials: Arms shipments rise to Syrian rebels
Mideast powers opposed to President Bashar Assad have dramatically stepped up weapons supplies to Syrian rebels in coordination with the U.S.