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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 ...
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 ...
Nigeria president likens nation's unrest to Syria
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has likened attacks by a radical Islamist sect in his West African nation to the ongoing civil war in Syria, an ...
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 ...
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 ...
Syrian airline cancels flight to Aleppo
Syria's national airline canceled a flight to Aleppo on Saturday because of fighting near its international airport, while the United Nations top ...
Rebels besiege airports in northern Syria
Syrian rebels stepped up their siege of a government helicopter base and clashed with soldiers near Aleppo's international airport on Friday, part of ...
Russia meets with Syrian envoy on peace plan
Russia is seeking to revive last summer's failed peace plan for Syria during talks with a top Syrian diplomat and the international envoy on the ...
Syrian minister leaves Beirut for fear of arrest
Syria's wounded interior minister cut short his treatment at a Beirut hospital Wednesday and returned home for fear of being arrested by Lebanese ...
Syrian rebels make more gains in north
Syrian rebels fully captured a northern town near the Turkish border on Tuesday after weeks of heavy fighting and attacked a regime air base in a ...
UN envoy worried after talks with Syria's Assad
The international envoy to Syria said after talks with the country's leader Monday that the situation was "worrying" and gave no indication of ...
Egypt ex-jihadi group: opposition used violence
The leader of a former jihadist group who is now a member of Egyptian parliament accused the largely secular opposition on Monday of using violence ...
Syria jets kill tens as international envoy visits
A government airstrike Sunday on a bakery in a rebel-held town in central Syria killed more than 60 people, activists said, casting a pall over a ...
Syrian Christians fear bleak future after Assad
With Christmas just days away, 40-year-old Mira begged her parents to flee their hometown of Aleppo, which has become a major battleground in Syria's ...
Russia welcomes any offer to give Assad refuge
Russia would welcome any country's offer of safe haven for Syrian President Bashar Assad, but has no plans to make one of its own, Moscow's foreign ...
Correction: Bahrain-Security Summit story
In a story Dec. 8 about a security summit in Bahrain, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Saudi Arabia's Deputy Foreign Minister Prince ...
Syrian rebels step up attacks on strategic sites
Syria's rebels stepped up attacks on strategic sites including a sprawling military complex in the country's north on Friday, while reports emerged ...
Wounded presage health crisis for postwar Syria
A baby boy joined the ranks of Syria's tens of thousands of war wounded when a missile fired by Bashar Assad's air force slammed into his family home ...
Russia acknowledges that Syrian leader may fall
Russian President Vladimir Putin distanced himself further than ever from Syria's embattled leader on Thursday, suggesting that Bashar Assad's regime ...
Putin: Russia recognizes need for change in Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin distanced himself further than ever before from his longtime ally in Syria on Thursday, saying he understands Syria ...
UN: Syrian civil war increasingly sectarian
Syria's civil war is increasingly turning into a sectarian conflict pitting majority Sunni rebels against government forces supported by the country's ...
New Syria rebel chief describes clandestine life
The new Syrian rebel chief said he's been moving between safe houses since taking up command, even changing quarters twice in one night when he feared ...