The General Commission of the Syrian Revolution issued a statement yesterday announcing withdrawal of the National Coalition for the opposition and revolutionary forces, as the commission didn't get the seats which had been demanded after the latest expanding of coalition seats....

The Red Cross has expressed alarm over the situation in the besieged Syrian town of Qusair, and has appealed for immediate access to deliver aid.     Thousands of civilians are believed to be trapped in the town, which lies close to the border with Lebanon. The...

Medics working in six rebel-held districts near Damascus have treated several hundred fighters for symptoms of chemical exposure since March, a detailed investigation has found, adding fresh impetus to claims the Syrian regime has resorted to the banned weapons. A reporter from the French...

 More than a dozen rockets and mortar rounds fired from  Syria  struck eastern  Lebanon  Saturday,  security officials  said, as tensions rise in the two countries' borderlands where Hezbollah militants are playing a bigger role in  Syria 's civil war....