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Syria rebels kidnap ex-presidential hopeful

Syrian rebels from the southern province of Daraa have kidnapped a presidential hopeful whose bid was turned down by the constitutional court, according to an online video distributed Tuesday. The video shows three armed, bearded rebels wearing fatigues in a room with Mohammad...

No date set for rebel pullout from Syria's Homs: governor

(Reuters) - The timing of an evacuation of rebels from the central Syrian city of Homs under a deal with government forces has not been set and could still take days to arrange, the provincial governor said on Tuesday. The withdrawal of the insurgents from Homs - a city once called...

Damascus opera suffers under mortar strikes

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Just as Leen Arbid entered the front gate of the Damascus Opera House, a potent symbol of the Assad family's decades-long authoritarian rule over Syria, she heard a deafening bang. And then, everything went black. The drama student was going to her...

Syria clashes kill 21 rebels in Aleppo province

BEIRUT (AP) — Fierce fighting in Syria's contested northern province of Aleppo killed at least 21 rebels on Monday as rockets slammed into a government-held district in the provincial capital, killing nine people. The clashes, which erupted after midnight Sunday and...