Abdulrahman Al-Haj, a member of the National Council and SNC's representative in Aleppo, has delivered an urgent demand to the General Secretariat of the main stream Syrian opposition from rebels and FSA battalions fighting in Aleppo and its countryside, requesting support by one million...

As a group of rebels gathered in an apartment in Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, debating the value of the United States’ decision to provide them with weapons, government forces nearby began pounding an opposition-held neighborhood. The opposing events led the group to focus...

Thousands of protesters are expected on the streets of Belfast to urge G8 leaders to act on global poverty, although the issue looks likely to be overshadowed by concerns over the Syria conflict. Police in the Northern Ireland capital expect 10,000 people to join two demonstrations organised...

If the United States and allies genuinely want to change the course of the war in  Syria , it may take considerably more than simply supplying the faltering opposition with weaponry. Western officials say they still believe the ultimate endgame - and possibly the exit of Bashar...