Assad's forces bombed a strategic rebel town in the country's north for the third straight day Saturday, pounding it with airstrikes that killed at least five people, activists said.   Assad's troops in recent weeks have seized the momentum in the civil...

  Khadija Qunbus, 7, was martyred killed by Assad's mortar bombs two days ago. She was standing at the verandah, perhaps she was following as all children follow the noise of shelling, and perhaps she was at the balcony observing the fighter-jets in the sky. It's the bitterest pleasure...

  While the Prime Minister has been keen to 'do more' on Syria - the British public, media and parliament are war-weary and don't see a clear policy that can improve the situation on the ground and fear that arming the rebels will put weapons in the hands of people who cannot be...

   Syrian rebel fighters killed 12 members of a pro-regime militia during clashes overnight in the central city of Homs, and troops responded by shelling them on Friday, monitors said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported that,...