Assad forces pounded Syrian mosque in the embattled Al Wa'er neighborhood of Homs during Friday's prayer (Muslim's weekly prayer), killing the mosque Imam and unknown number of worshipers, activists reported. Sheikh Safwan Masharekah, Al Omari Mosque’s Imam, had been killed...

  Russia on Friday blocked a US-drafted UN Security Council statement condemning the Syrian government's increasing military offensive on Aleppo, diplomats said. The move heightened diplomatic tensions ahead of a key Russia-US-UN meeting in Geneva on Friday on...

    The commander of Syria's main Western-backed rebel group has urged all opposition fighters to join ranks in the struggle against President Bashar Assad's forces, pledging to do everything he can to stave off rebel infighting. In remarks broadcast Friday...

 Senior Syrian opposition figures are questioning whether they should attend peace talks next month following U.S. warnings that the swift departure of President Bashar al-Assad from power cannot be guaranteed, opposition sources said on Friday. Speaking after meeting U.S....