Fresh fighting broke out in central Kiev on Thursday, shattering a truce declared by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, as the Russian-backed leader met European ministers demanding he compromise with pro-EU opponents. A Reuters photographer saw the bodies of 21 dead civilians...

 Bashar al-Assad forces backed by Iran proxy Hezbollah militia kept up their shelling of the town of Yabroud and the surrounding Qalamoun region over the last ten days. Zaman Alwasl reporter said 18 regular army soldiers have been killed due to fierce clashes with...

Insurgents reclaimed control of the Sheikh Najjar industrial area east of Aleppo on Tuesday. The Syrian military had said that it occupied Sheikh Najjar over the weekend, but opposition statements and pictures claimed fighters from the Islamic Front and Jabhat al-Nusra had pushed out...

 Syrian government forces are using a powerful type of cluster munition rocket not seen before in the conflict, Human Rights Watch said today. The new use of cluster munitions is causing civilian casualties and adding to the country’s already devastating legacy of unexploded...