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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...

Syria's historic Crusader castle damaged by war

HOSN, Syria (AP) — The Crac des Chevaliers once held off a siege by the Muslim warrior Saladin some 900 years ago, but today bears the wounds of modern warfare: heavy artillery damaged its walls, an airstrike punctured its roof and shrapnel tore through its religious artifacts....

Syria activists say evacuations from Homs delayed

BEIRUT (AP) — The planned evacuation of fighters from rebel-held parts of the Syrian city of Homs was delayed Saturday, activists said, though a cease-fire still was holding in the country's third-largest city. Rebels in the city agreed Friday to surrender the territory in...

Activists: Clashes near Damascus kill 14 rebels

BEIRUT (AP) — Clashes between Syrian government forces and opposition fighters killed 14 rebels in a flare-up overnight along a strategic corridor between Damascus and the Lebanese border, activists said Thursday. The fighting in Zabadani — a town near Damascus and the last...