Syrian activists say at least 17 opposition fighters have been killed during clashes with government troops near the Lebanese border. The UK-based  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights  , which opposes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, said on Friday that the opposition...

Fierce clashes raged around the town of Morek on the strategic road between Hama and Idlib, which the army needs in order to supply a base in the province. The army has been trying to capture Morek and secure the road, but the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human...

At least five people were killed and more than 20 wounded on Thursday in a bomb blast near a security headquarters in central Syria's city of Hama, a monitor said. "A truck packed with explosives detonated... near a branch of the military intelligence, killing at least five people and...

The Syrian air force raided outskirts of Lebanon's Bekaa town Friday morning but no casualties were reported, state media here said. Syrian jets launched four air-ground missiles on the Kherbet Younin region on the outskirts of Arsal, which lies on the eastern border of Lebanon and has...