Warplanes bombed a village in Syria's north overnight in an apparent effort by President Bashar al-Assad to prevent rebels fighting him from advancing on communities in the stronghold region of his Alawite sect. Assad's forces are on the defensive in his family's home province of...

   Syrian revolution Coordinators Union reported killing 3 of Bashar al-Assad's bodyguards yesterday after the rebels attack on Assad's motorcade in the capital, Damascus, as he was heading a mosque for morning prayers on Id al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the...

Syria 's regime  is trying to tap frozen funds in foreign bank accounts to step up purchases of food  stocks  including wheat, as civil war and a deepening humanitarian crisis push President Bashar al-Assad to seek new ways to feed his people, Reuters reported ....

Syrian opposition chief Ahmad Jarba visited Daraa in the south of the strife-torn country near the Jordan border Thursday to mark the Muslim Eid al-Fitr feast, a National Coalition source told AFP.   "Jarba took part in Eid al-Fitr prayers in the countryside of Daraa, and made a tour...