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Scores of Bombs Fall on Aleppo and Darayya in week

For the seventh day in a row, Syria’s headline was regime bombing, especially of insurgent-held areas of Aleppo and the Damascus suburb of Darayya. Dozens of bombs, including barrel bombs, were dropped on sections of Aleppo such as Hanano. Airstrikes, as well as tank and artillery...

Mortar fire in Homs ahead of planned U.N. aid mission

Syrian activists and officials said mortars were fired early on Saturday in the besieged Old Homs district in violation of a ceasefire that is intended to allow the evacuation of civilians and delivery of aid to people trapped in central neighborhoods. There were no immediate...

US: Syria conflict a threat to homeland

The civil war in Syria has become a matter of U.S. homeland security over concerns about a small number of Americans who have gone to fight with Syrian rebels and returned home, new Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Friday. Johnson said he and other law enforcement and...