Assad's air force staged more air raids on the key rebel-held bastion of Yabrud north of Damascus, as clashes also raged on the capital's outskirts, a monitoring group told AFP news agency. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also said that in the northeast, Kurdish fighters seized...

The UN Security Council has adopted a unanimous but non-binding resolution, calling for humanitarian aid convoys to be allowed access across war-torn Syria, but diplomats immediately voiced doubt about its effectiveness. Syria's staunch ally Russia, with support from China, has...

Syria's opposition Interim Prime Minister may keep military chief of the rebel Free Syrian Army in his position in step to avoid more fractions, according to Zaman Alwasl’s well-informed source. Mr. Ahmed Tomeh is reconsidering the dismissal decision of General Salim...

14 rebel group in Daraa province have announced forming a new brigade which will operate under Syria Revolutionaries Front, pro-western opposition unit. Meanwhile, the Syrian army intensified its aerial bombardment of Daraa as opposition fighters were preparing to launch...