The death toll in Syria's conflict has risen to at least 125,835, more than a third of them civilians, but the real figure is probably much higher, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday. The pro-opposition monitoring group also appealed to U.N....

 Syrian activists say a new government helicopter strike on a rebel-held town near the northern city of Aleppo has killed 20 people, activists said. Sunday's attack is the second reported air attack in as many days on al-Bab, located east of Aleppo, Syria's largest city. On...

The United States will destroy the most dangerous of Syria's chemical weapon stockpile on a ship at sea, the world's chemical watchdog said on Saturday.   "The neutralisation operations will be conducted on a US vessel at sea using hydrolysis," the Organisation...

  Syrian opposition fighters have re-entered the historic Christian town of Maalula north of Damascus, as they battle regime troops in the surrounding Qalamoun region, a monitoring group said on Saturday.   "Fierce clashes are under way between...