Syria entered its final day of campaigning on Sunday for the June 3 presidential election expected to return Bashar al-Assad to power, a vote the opposition brands a "parody of democracy". With swathes of the country out of government control, voting will only take place in...

Syria's opposition National Coalition welcomed a pledge from US President Barack Obama on Wednesday to ramp up support for rebels fighting the Damascus regime of Bashar al-Assad. "This additional support highlights the partnership between the United States and the Syrian people in...

Agence France Presse, Tehran- Iran said Sunday that Syrian opposition chief Ahmad Jarba was the "most inappropriate person" to lead the war-torn country and confirmed it would send observers to next month's presidential election. Jarba, president of the Syrian National Coalition,...

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Atop the hill of Tel Ahmar just a few kilometers from Israeli forces on the Golan Heights, Syrian Islamist fighters hoist the al Qaeda flag and praise their mentor Osama bin Laden. One of the men, a leader of al Qaeda's Nusra...