Two suicide bombers hit a central Damascus square Tuesday, killing at least 14 people, activists and the state media reported. Activists said one of the explosions took place inside the police station there and that many among the dead were policemen. Syrian state TV quoted a...

The Pentagon totally pinky-swears that this has nothing to do with Syria. It just happens to have sent 5,000 troops to neighboring Jordan to participate in a nine-day air defense, disaster relief and humanitarian assistance exercise, dubbed Eager Lion.   While the Pentagon says this...

Syrian rebels converged Monday on a military airport in Aleppo, where troops massed for a threatened assault, as the United States said it was considering "all possible options" to help the opposition. Buoyed by victory in the strategic town of Qusayr on the border with Lebanon, President...

 a statement apparently from Jabhat al-Nusra about the killing of a 14-year-old boy, who parents say was killed by three armed men after he said he won't offer coffee to customers for money to be paid later: "We Jabhat al Nusra confirm the following: We have nothing to do with the issue...