The head of the opposition Syrian Supreme Military Council cut short a visit to France on Thursday and said he would head to Syria for talks with rebel brigades that broke with the Western-backed coalition. General Salim Idris, who...

The head of the opposition Syrian Supreme Military Council cut short a visit to France on Thursday and said he would head to Syria for talks with rebel brigades that broke with the Western-backed coalition. General Salim Idris, who...
Syrian rebels and al-Qaeda-linked fighters clashed with Kurds in northern Syria on Thursday, activists said. The heavy fighting in the town of Atma on the border with Turkey's Hatay province followed outbreaks of internecine...
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....