Three Syrians went on trial in Jordan on Tuesday for allegedly trying to smuggle 36 remote control detonators into their country to help anti-government rebels, a court official said. "The three suspects pleaded not guilty at the start of their state security...

  Al Arabiya TV’s reporter in the Syrian city of Aleppo Mohammad Saeed has been killed by unknown gunmen, the television network reported on Tuesday. Saeed was killed by a hooded man using a silenced gun in the Aleppo village of Hreitan, Syrian opposition activist said....

   UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who arrived in Damascus Monday, believes President Bashar al-Assad could contribute to the transition to a "new" Syria, but not as the country's leader. Brahimi, who was in Syria on the latest leg of a...

Islamist rebels pressed an advance Monday against Bashar al-Assad troops in Homs province aimed at capturing major weapons depots, activist said. Several brigades, among them the Al-Qaida-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) and Jabhat Al-Nusra, seized control of...