The opposition Syrian National Coalition on Wednesday denied a Russian charge that rebel fighters fired a projectile laden with the nerve agent sarin at a suburb of Aleppo in March, saying U.N. inspectors should be allowed to investigate the attack. Separately, Western diplomats said Russia...

Ruling party leaders removed in a reshuffle this week had made mistakes while in office, Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad told the Baath party’s mouthpiece in an interview published Thursday. The interview was published two days after the Baath party announced the names of 16 new...

Syrian rebels say they have received weapons from Arab countries that could change the balance of power on the ground, Al Arabiya TV reported Thursday. The weapons are enabling the Free Syrian Army to launch counterattacks against regime forces, Al Arabiya TV added. The new supplies have...

Syrian rebels have broken their intensified blockade of government-held areas in the northern city of Aleppo, where residents were facing severe food shortages, according to Reuters. Shariah Authority has released a statement circulated to all FSA check points to allow entry of...