Tag: Syria

President Obama says he prefers diplomacy as opposed to a military strike to assure that the Syrian government's use of chemical weapons never happens...

United States President Barack Obama told his war-weary country on Saturday that America needs to use limited military force in Syria to deter future...

Pakistani Taliban commanders on Tuesday rejected suggestions they were sending fighters to Syria, saying some have gone there independently but the movement’s focus remained...

    The Pakistani Taliban have visited Syria to set up a base and to assess "the needs of the jihad", a Taliban official told the...

Russia has presented evidence to the UN it says shows Syrian rebels attacked regime forces with sarin gas that was produced in "cottage industry"...

Syria's ruling Baath party, headed by the country's embattled President Bashar al-Assad, has announced that its top leadership would be replaced, including Vice President Farouk...

Syrian rebels have captured a major army post in the southern city of Deraa after nearly two weeks of intense fighting, activists said. The...

Syrian rebels have captured a major army post in the southern city of Deraa after nearly two weeks of intense fighting, activists said. The Britain-based...

Foreign ministers of the “Friends of Syria” group are holding talks in Doha, the Qatari capital, to discuss how to organise the delivery of...

The Syrian conflict is expected dominate talks among leaders of the G8 nations meeting in Northern Ireland. Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet US President...

Morsi, Egypt's president, has announced that Egypt is cutting off diplomatic relations with Syria and has ordered that Damascus Embassy in Cairo to be...

The United States is boosting military support to the main Syrian rebel group after determining that the government has used chemical weapons against the...

The US is debating what more it might do to help the Syrian opposition in its conflict with the government, John Kerry, US secretary of state, has...

Two suicide bombers have struck the heart of the Syrian capital Damascus, causing an unknown number of casualties, pro-government television channel al-Ikhbariya has reported. "Two...

Al-Qaeda’s top leader has ruled against the merger of two jihadi groups based in Syria and Iraq, in an attempt to put an end...

An unarmed Lebanese man has been killed after two groups clashed in southern Beirut following a protest over the roles of Iran and  Hezbollah...

Two UN peacekeepers have been wounded during clashes between Syrian government forces and rebels over control of a border crossing near the Israeli-occupied Golan...