By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Atop the hill of Tel Ahmar just a few kilometers from Israeli forces on the Golan Heights, Syrian Islamist fighters hoist the al Qaeda flag and praise their mentor Osama bin Laden. One of the men, a leader of al Qaeda's Nusra...

Syrian regime army has launched a fierce assault on rebel fighters in a bid to break their year-long siege on Aleppo's central prison, a monitor, state media and activists reported Wednesday. The rebels and their allies from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front have been...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama has discussed the situation in Syria with Jordan's King Abdullah II. The two leaders spoke Wednesday and the White House says their conversation centered on the impact Syria's civil war was having on Jordan and other...

A candidate standing against Bashar al-Assad in next month's Syria's presidential election says the country's conflict began because of the regime's poor economic management and a minority elite monopolising wealth. "Today there is a nationwide war and a foreign plot, but in the...