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Activists: Bomb kills at least 43 in north Syria

BEIRUT (AP) — A massive car bomb ripped through a crowded garage Thursday near a rebel-held border crossing between Syria and Turkey, killing at least 43 people in an area that has seen fierce fighting between rival rebel groups, an anti-government activist group said. The...

Brahimi resigning as UN-Arab League envoy to Syria

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Lakhdar Brahimi is resigning as the international point man on Syria, the U.N. chief announced Tuesday, marking a second failure by the United Nations and Arab League to end the country's worsening civil war and highlighting the deep divisions among the...

Battles rage in eastern Syria, activists say

BEIRUT (AP) — Heavy fighting broke out Monday between rival jihadi groups in an oil-rich eastern Syrian province bordering Iraq, forcing many residents to flee, activists said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the fighting concentrated on the eastern...