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...

 Cairo will "re-examine" diplomatic ties with Syria that were severed last month under ousted president Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's foreign minister, Nabil Fahmy, said on Saturday. "Everything will be re-examined," Fahmy said of the decision to sever ties with Syria. "It doesn't mean they...

National Coordination Committee denied killing its veteran dissident in the Assad regime's chambers. NCC said that Dr. Abdul-Aziz al-Khair is still alive via a statement was posted on the committee FaceBook page after rumors deliberated by Social Media and broadcasted by Al Arabiya...

 Syria's opposition coalition wants to create a 10-person executive council to reorganize disparate rebel factions into a structured army with adequate financing and weapons, one of its senior members said on Monday. Islamist militant groups that have come to the fore in Syria...