Two al Qaida-linked rebel groups in Syria appear to be distancing themselves from each other in what may be an effort by the Nusra Front, which the United States has branded as an international terrorist organization, to remain relevant amid signs that major portions of the Syrian population...

A rocket strike near a Shia Muslim shrine in Damascus killed a custodian of Zainab (AS) on Friday, activists and residents said, in an attack that could inflame sectarian tensions in Syria’s 28 month old conflict. Opposition activists and residents said shrapnel killed Anas Romani, the...

Assad's Forces give no respect for the holy month,  Syrian Network for Human Rights said in detailed paper documented the killing since beggining of Ramadan. The victims killed by shelling that doesn't subside in day or night, and the huge number of killings among...

  Turkey on Friday vowed to "respond immediately" to any violation of its borders by Kurdish separatists fighting in Syria. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu made the warning following the seizure of a Syrian town on the border with Turkey by rebels from the Kurdish...