For the first time, Abo Anas, Emir of Jabhat al-Nusra in western Dara’a, appeared for public on opposition satellite channel, Free Syrian Army (FSA) TV, nearly 30 minutes to talk about the liberalization of the old border crossing with Jordan....

Control of Ramtha crossing changes hands after days of fighting that has left 26 soldiers and several rebels dead. Syrian rebels, including members of an al-Qaeda-linked group, have captured a military post on the border with Jordan after four days of fighting, according to an activist...

The head of the key Syrian opposition National Coalition, Ahmad Jarba, has denounced extremists he said were trying to "steal our revolution", and blamed the regime for supporting them, AFP reported. He made the comments in an address in New York to representatives from the Friends of Syria...

   It was Sept. 4, and the war drums were sounding in Syria. The United States appeared to be on the verge of launching strikes against President Bashar al-Assad's regime. Family members of the country's economic and political elite fled to Beirut, looking to avoid the cruise missiles....