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Airstrikes in northern Syria kill at least 43
Syrian warplanes hammered a strategic city captured by rebels, leaving behind scenes of carnage captured Thursday on amateur videos that showed a man ...
Syria conflict deepens sectarian rifts in Lebanon
This Lebanese border town has become a safe haven for war-weary Syrian rebels, a way station for wounded fighters and home to hundreds of frightened ...
Historic mosque burned in ancient Syrian city
A landmark mosque in Aleppo was burned, scarred by bullets and trashed — the latest casualty of Syria's civil war — and President Bashar Assad on ...
Syria accused of cluster bomb use in civil war
The Syrian regime was accused Sunday of dropping cluster bombs — indiscriminate scattershot munitions banned by most nations — in a new sign of ...
Few good options to secure Syria chemical arsenal
The U.S. and regional allies are closely monitoring Syria's chemical weapons — caught in the midst of a raging civil war — but options for securing ...
US: Russia policy on Syria is 'morally bankrupt'
The Obama administration on Friday accused Russia of pursuing a "morally bankrupt" policy in Syria, following Turkey's seizure of alleged Russian ...
Turkey's frustration at Syria led to plane action
The interception of a Syrian passenger plane from Russia, allegedly carrying military gear to Damascus, is a sign of Turkey's mounting frustration at ...
Ryan says nobody wants US troops in Syria
Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan says nobody is proposing sending U.S. troops to Syria. Ryan and Vice President Joe Biden are arguing over ...
Turkey: Syrian plane was carrying ammunition
Escalating tensions with Russia, Turkey defended its forced landing of a Syrian passenger jet en route from Moscow to Damascus, saying Thursday it was ...
Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues
A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues, in brief: ABORTION and ...
Turkey, Syria trade fire; border tensions mount
Turkey and Syria fired artillery and mortars across their volatile border for a fifth consecutive day on Sunday, in one of the most serious and ...
Syrian regime opens new urban front, shells Homs
The Syrian military opened a second urban front Friday, attacking the rebel stronghold of Homs with the most intense artillery barrage in months and ...
UN strongly condemns Syrian shelling of Turkey
The U.N. Security Council overcame deep divisions to unanimously approve a statement Thursday condemning Syria's shelling of a Turkish town that ...
Turkey authorizes military operations in Syria
Turkey sanctioned further military action against Syria on Thursday and bombarded targets across the border with artillery for a second day, raising ...
Turkey fires at Syria after deadly shelling
Turkish artillery fired on Syrian targets Wednesday after shelling from Syria struck a border village in Turkey, killing five civilians, sharply ...
Video shows US journalist held in Syria
An American freelance journalist who has been missing in Syria since mid-August has been shown in a video clip posted online, blindfolded and saying ...
Syrian minister accuses US of stoking 'terrorism'
Syria's foreign minister brought his regime's case before the world Monday, accusing the U.S. and its allies of promoting "terrorism" and blaming ...
US aims to rally Syrian opposition with new aid
The Obama administration moved Friday to rally Syria's opposition with pledges of $45 million in new non-lethal and humanitarian assistance as the ...
Syrian military's text to rebels: 'Game over'
Cellphones in Syria rang, buzzed and chirped Thursday with an ominous text message from the military to members of the armed rebellion: "Game over.
US, UN grapple for workable peace plan in Syria
The United States and the U.N.'s new Syria mediator grappled for a new strategy Tuesday toward stopping 18 months of brutal government crackdowns and ...
Syrian opposition figures meet in Damascus
Syrian opposition figures who reject foreign intervention in Syria's 18-month conflict called for the ouster of President Bashar Assad at a rare ...
Iraq bars Syria-bound plane with suspected arms
Iraq prevented a North Korean plane from entering its airspace on suspicion it was carrying weapons for Syria, prompting praise from the U.S.
Rebels unite in fight for Syria's largest city
Rebels have taken a major stride in uniting their ranks in the battle for Syria's largest city, giving them hope they could tip the balance after ...
Allies use power of purse against Syrian regime
A coalition including the United States, the European Union and the Arab League met Thursday to plot new ways of isolating the regime of Syria's ...
Syrian TV: Helicopter crashes near Damascus
A Syrian military helicopter crashed in a rebellious suburb of Damascus on Thursday, state-run TV said, but the circumstances in which the aircraft ...