Warplanes bombed a village in Syria's north overnight in an apparent effort by President Bashar al-Assad to prevent rebels fighting him from advancing on communities in the stronghold region of his Alawite sect. Assad's forces are on the defensive in his family's home province of...

  'Tragic accident' seems to be the alternative phrase for being slaughtered, killed or tortured to death in the Assad Intelligence chambers. The parents of Ismael Sharkes, 29, who tortured to death, have received his identity card, with no corpse to get; they ought to sign a paper...

  Syria's regime forces have executed 12 civilians, 1 woman, in Tibarat al-Sakhaneh village, 20 km south of Khanaser town in north Aleppo, activists reported to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.  ''The regime forces had executed the civilians after...

   Syrian revolution Coordinators Union reported killing 3 of Bashar al-Assad's bodyguards yesterday after the rebels attack on Assad's motorcade in the capital, Damascus, as he was heading a mosque for morning prayers on Id al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the...