Syrian rebels said on Wednesday they were under fierce government attack near the Turkish border despite a cessation of hostilities agreement and a representative cast doubt on whether U.N.-backed peace talks would go ahead on March 9 as planned. The agreement drawn up by the...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Local activists in northeastern Hasaka province said tens of people have been killed, tortured, displaced and looted by the Powerful Kurdish PYD militia. Two days ago,  three people from the same family were killed and many wounded due to a...

Russia said on Sunday talks were taking place to include Aleppo in a temporary lull in fighting declared by the Syrian army in some western parts of the country, a sign of intensified efforts to halt a surge of violence in Syria's former commercial capital. The United States said stopping the...

Opposition activists say a car bomb in southern Syria has killed at least 18 rebels including the commander of a U.S.-backed armed opposition group. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the car bomb exploded Wednesday afternoon in the southern village of Asheh, in Quneitra...