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Syrian forces, rebels clash near Turkey
Fierce clashes broke out Tuesday between Syrian rebels and regime forces battling for control of a border crossing on the frontier with Turkey, and ...
Civil war keeps many Syrian children from school
Nine-year-old Rawan Mustafa knew she would miss school this year. Her primary school is in ruins, blown apart two months ago by an airstrike in ...
Syria accuses Turkey of allowing al-Qaida transit
Syria accused neighboring Turkey Sunday of allowing thousands of Muslim extremists to cross into its territory, as the government and opposition said ...
New envoy to Syria says crisis getting worse
The diplomat tasked with ending Syria's civil war said that the conflict is worsening on Thursday, the same day he travelled to the country for the ...
Blast in northern Syria targets troops
An explosion targeting Syrian regime forces killed at least three people in northern Syria on Wednesday — and possibly up to 18 — amid rising violence ...
Filipinos flee war in Syria with tales of horror
Filipino Ruth Pana remembered the windows of her employer's house in Damascus riddled with bullets. The maid, who escaped first to the Philippine ...
Egypt trying to persuade Iran to drop Assad
Newly activist Egypt is trying to convince Iran to drop its unquestioned support of Syria's embattled President Bashar Assad in order to end that ...
Syrian defector says opposition can win
Syria's most prominent defector said in an interview that aired Monday that he opposes any foreign military intervention in the country's civil war ...
Car bomb kills 17 in north Syrian city of Aleppo
A car bomb ripped through Syria's largest city of Aleppo on Sunday, killing at least 17 people and wounding 40 in one of the main battlegrounds of the ...
5 dead as bombs strike Syrian capital of Damascus
Two booby-trapped vehicles exploded within hours of each other Friday in Syria's once-impregnable capital of Damascus, killing at least five police ...
Red Cross head had 'positive' talks with Assad
The Red Cross' president said Friday the Syrian president peppered him with questions during a "positive" meeting in Damascus that left the impression ...
Syrian troops take town on refugee flight route
After hours of heavy shelling, Syrian troops recaptured a border town Thursday in what activists said was a government attempt to stem the flood of ...
UN chief: Both sides in Syria violating rights
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon accused both the Syrian government and the opposition Tuesday of large-scale human rights violations, including ...
More than 100,000 Syrians fled country in August
More than 100,000 Syrians fled their country in August, the highest monthly total since the crisis began in March 2011, the U.N. refugee agency said ...
Syria says no dialogue before it crushes rebels
The Syrian regime said Monday there will be no dialogue with the opposition before the army crushes the rebels, the latest sign that President Bashar ...
France warns of Syrian chemical weapons attack
Western powers are preparing a tough response if Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime deploys chemical or biological weapons in its civil war, key ...
Kurdish rebels kill 10 in attack on Turkish border
Kurdish militants have killed 10 police and soldiers in an assault near the Iraqi border, Turkish officials said Monday, amid concern that rebels are ...
Activists say 5,000 killed in Syria in August
Activist groups said Sunday that about 5,000 people were killed in Syria's civil war in August, the highest figure ever reported in more than 17 ...
New UN Syria envoy puts pressure on regime
The U.N.'s new envoy to Syria told President Bashar Assad's regime on Saturday that change is both "urgent" and "necessary" and that it must meet the ...
Syrian rebels launch major offensive in Aleppo
A rebel unit of army defectors launched a major offensive against security facilities in Syria's largest city of Aleppo, and anti-regime forces ...
Syrian activists say rebels shot down warplane
Syrian activists said rebels shot down a government warplane over the northern province of Idlib on Thursday, the second time in a week that ...
Egypt leader in Iran: World must back Syria rebels
In a sweeping message that Iran is on the wrong side of Syria's civil war, Egypt's new president urged the world Thursday to support the rebels ...
Q&A about UN Security Council meeting on Syria
Turkey's foreign minister will urge the Security Council on Thursday to set up a safe zone in Syria to protect thousands of civilians fleeing the ...
Syria's Assad acknowledges struggles in civil war
In a striking admission, President Bashar Assad said in an interview broadcast Wednesday that his armed forces will need time to defeat the rebels and ...
Iran agenda faces 'realities' at world gathering
Iranian officials have made no secret about their massive ambitions for this week's nonaligned nations' gathering, with a guest list including leaders ...