Syrian forces pursued a relentless air and ground offensive against Eastern Ghouta Thursday, moving closer to retaking the rebel enclave but also depriving desperate civilians of vital aid.  More than 900 civilians have been killed in the nearly three-week assault on the last...

BEIRUT (Reuters)- The Syrian army is poised to slice rebel-held eastern Ghouta in two as forces advancing from the east link up with troops at the enclave's western edge, a pro-Damascus military commander said Thursday. That put the zone effectively under Syrian regime control as the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels killed at least 20 regime troops in coastal Latakia province on Wednesday, source told Zaman al-Wasl. Rebels in the mountainous Jabal al-Akrad area launched an attack on regime bastions in retaliation to regime offensive on Eastern Ghouta subrubs....

  The United Nations Security Council Wednesday called for a ceasefire to be implemented across Syria and expressed concern about the country's humanitarian situation, Netherlands U.N. Ambassador and council president for March Karel van Oosterom said. "The cessation of hostilities...