Troops loyal to Bashar al-Assad launched a military offensive on Saturday against rebel-held areas of Homs, the country's third-largest city and a centre of the two-year-old uprising against his rule. Activists said jets and mortars pounded rebel territory and soldiers attacked the...

The bodies of 16 men who died under torture at the hands of Syria’s feared security forces have been handed to their families, a monitoring group said early Friday. “We have received information of the death under torture at the hands of regime forces of 16 men from Harasta,” said the...

  Atmeh's refugee camp continued its open protest that started 3 days ago against the miserable life conditions in Atmeh camp, Syria’s border with Turkey – the final point for refugees crossing into Turkey. Refugees condemned the National Coalition...

Syrian rebels advancing from the Jordanian border seized a strategic army position in the southern city of Daraa on Friday as deadly fighting raged in the surrounding province, a watchdog said. “They seized two buildings in the provincial capital that regime forces were using to keep the...