At least 40 people were killed on Saturday in Syrian regime air strikes on the northern city of Aleppo and surrounding areas, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Syria's second city and onetime commercial hub has seen intense fighting for more than a year...

Syria's most senior army defector, General Mustafa al-Sheikh has arrived to Sweden in company with his older son where ‘’they applied for a political Asylum,’’ well-informed source told   Zaman Alwasl. Al-Sheikh had entered Sweden illegally through a smuggling...

Al Qaeda in Aleppo issued fatwa to cut off the heads of opposition coalition members as well heads of Assad's loyalists. Abu Abdul-Rahman al-Masri, the military commander of the Islamic State of Iraq and The Levant in al-Bab city near Aleppo said, ‘‘Whoever supports basher...

US, Russian and UN envoys will meet in Geneva on Monday aiming to pin down a date for an international conference on the Syria conflict, a UN spokesperson said Friday.   Diplomats say UN leader Ban Ki-moon should announce a date after the Geneva talks for a peace conference...