Tag: Syrian

Syrian opposition groups have rejected a new peace initiative by President Bashar al-Assad that includes a national reconciliation conference and a new government and...

At least 11 people were killed and 40 wounded when a car bomb exploded at a crowded petrol station in the Syrian capital Damascus...

The head of Syria’s military police has defected from President Bashar al-Assad's government and accused the army of having turned into "murderous gangs", according...

Opposition fighters have announced that they took control of the Syrian army infantry school in the suburbs of Aleppo, after more than 20 days...

Syria’s rebel leaders have agreed to come under a united command in a bid to integrate diverse fighting groups and streamline the route for...

Clashes between Syrian government forces and opposition fighters have continued around the capital, as rebels declared Damascus International Airport a “legitimate target”. Activists told Al...

Gunmen loyal to opposite sides in neighbouring Syria’s civil war battled on Wednesday in the streets of a northern Lebanese city where two days...

Syria has resumed an aerial attack on the rebel-held town of Ras al-Ain, near the border with Turkey, dropping two bombs on a Syrian...

Syrian rebels say they have captured an airport near the border with Iraq. The airport of Hamdan in Deir al-Zour province, near the town...

The United States late on Sunday declared its support for the united Syrian opposition after various groups opposed to the government of President Bashar...

Russia does not support those calling for overthrowing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and believes dialogue is the way to end the Syrian crisis between...

Warplanes unleashed a wave of raids in Syria’s north on Tuesday, bidding to dislodge rebels whose seizure of a key highway has prevented reinforcements...

Turkey’s military Monday struck back at Syrian military positions after a shell fired by the neighbouring country landed in a Turkish border area, a...

The Turkish army early Saturday returned fire after a new round of shelling from Syria hit the border province of Hatay, the Anatolia news...

Syrian warplanes pounded a rebel-held area of Homs Friday in the heaviest bombardment of the city for months, monitors said, after the UN condemned...

More than 305 people were killed across Syria on Wednesday, making it the bloodiest day of the 18-month revolt, a human rights group said,...

Regional players and imperialist hypocrites Despite there being an anti-authoritarian sentiment in Syria, the ongoing uprising is seen by many as the result of the...