Insurgents have renewed their assault on Assad forces inside Aleppo Central Prison, including an attack with a vehicle-borne suicide bomb. Opposition fighters briefly moved into part of the complex two weeks ago, freeing hundreds of detainees. Syrian forces, supported by airstrikes...

Syria  has submitted a new 100-day plan for the removal of its chemical weapons after failing to meet a February 5 deadline, but the international mission overseeing the operation believes it can be done in a shorter time frame, diplomats said on Friday. The Organization...

Syrian activists say hundreds of people have been killed in airstrikes targeting rebel-held areas over the past few days. The Syrian government forces continues to use barrel bombs - explosives packed inside drums and thrown from helicopters - which have been condemned as...

 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...