BEIRUT (AP) — Clashes between Syrian government forces and opposition fighters killed 14 rebels in a flare-up overnight along a strategic corridor between Damascus and the Lebanese border, activists said Thursday. The fighting in Zabadani — a town near Damascus and the last...

DAMASCUS (AP) —Four mortar shells exploded on Tuesday in central Damascus, killing 14 people and wounding scores, state media said. The attacks in the Syrian capital come a day after President Bashar Assad announced his candidacy for the June 3 presidential elections, a race he is...

    Syria’s rebels announced in statement taking control of strategic zone that links regime’s biggest military airports at the edge of eastern Qalamoun and desert area of Badiyat al-Sham on Monday. The joint statement of al-Rahman...

Syria’s rebels pressed slowly advances on Monday after taking control of al-Badiya cement factory and base for anti-aircraft missiles, 50 miles east Damascus, near the Syrian-Iraqi borders in what they called Desert Battles. Two days ago, rebels...