A US reporter killed in alleged Syrian government bombardment of a rebel district in 2012 was "responsible" for her own death, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview released Thursday. Speaking to NBC News in Damascus, Assad said Marie Colvin bore responsibility for her death in...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime is preparing plans to modify the law of mandatory military service after 6 years of issuance, it is expected to harden conditions over young men and make extremely difficult to get out of the country. The law of mandatory service...

 At least 12 people were killed in air strikes on the rebel-held western Syrian town of Rastan on Wednesday, a local doctor and a monitoring group said, despite a government-declared nationwide temporary truce. The British-based monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,...

 Rebel areas of Aleppo have stockpiled enough basic supplies to survive months of siege by Syrian pro-government forces that cut off their half of the city last week, even though some goods are running out, an opposition official said. Government forces backed by allies including...