Several hard-line Syrian rebel groups pushed a new offensive against government forces in northwestern Syria on Thursday, less than a month after seizing control of the provincial capital there. The conservative Islamic factions, including the al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front, are...

Syrian rebels' seizure of the main frontier crossing with Jordan has dealt a heavy blow to the Damascus government's efforts to revive a once thriving export trade crippled by civil war, and is also hurting businesses across the region. Western-backed mainstream insurgents took control...

Syrian regime's warplanes have conducted more than 30 raids on rebel-held neighborhoods of Damascus, leaving dozens killed and wounded, activists and monitoring groups said Wednesday. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said at least 14 people, including 3 children and 2 women,...

The leader of the most powerful rebel group operating around Damascus, Zahran Alloush, has arrived in Istanbul as regional efforts to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad intensify. “[Alloush] will hold meetings with rebels and other personalities, and their goal is to lift the...