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`US to destroy Syrian air power if Geneva talks fail`

US Senator John McCain said on Saturday that if the second Geneva conference on the Syria issue fail...

Israeli military chief warns Syrian regime

Israel`s military chief has issued a stern warning to Syrian leader Bashar Assad after an Israeli mi...

Syrian Army regains large part of al-Qussair city

The Syrian Army on Sunday launched a wide-scale operation to recapture the border city of al-Qussair...

Conference on Syria very soon: UN chief

Syria has been locked in an increasingly bloody civil war since demonstrations broke out against Bas...

Syrian refugees now exceed 1.5 million: UNHCR

The number of Syrian refugees, who are either registered or awaiting registration, has surpassed 1.5...

UN chief regrets experts` inability to visit Syria

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed regret over the inability of experts, investigating t...

Video shows Syrian rebel executing Assad soldiers

A new video has emerged on the Internet showing a Syrian rebel leader summarily executing a line of ...

US has evidence of chemical weapons use in Syria: Barack Obama

US President Barack Obama has said that his country has seen evidence of chemical weapons being used...

UN resolution calling for political transition in Syria adopted

A resolution calling for a political transition in Syria and condemning the government`s use of heav...

India abstains from voting on Syria resolution

India abstained from voting on the Arab-backed, US supported resolution on Syria in the UN General A...

Syrian civil war: 82,000 killed, 12,500 missing, says rights group

At least 82,000 people have been killed and 12,500 others are missing after two years of civil war i...

Former Egyptian president Mubarak`s retrial adjourned till June 8

A court in Egypt decided Saturday to adjourn the retrial of former president Hosni Mubarak to June 8...

No post-war role of Bashar al-Assad in Syria: US

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would have no role in a political settlement to Syria`s conflict, U...

Hezbollah ready to receive "game-changing weapons" from Syria

Lebanese Hezbollah`s chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel that his militia is ready to receiv...

John Kerry hopes Russia won`t sell missiles to Syria

US Secretary of State John Kerry said transfer of advanced missile defence systems from Russia to Sy...

Free Syrian Army rebels defecting to al Qaeda-linked group

Syria`s main armed opposition group, the Free Syrian Army, is losing fighters and capabilities to Ja...

EU satisfied with US-Russia deal on Syria

The US and Russia have jointly called for an international conference on Syria to end the escalating...

Israel says attacks on Syria not tantamount to war

Israel sought to play down its attack on Syrian soldiers during an air strike on research facilities...

No hard evidence of chemical weapons in Syria: Moscow

Russia does not have conclusive evidence that chemical weapons have been used in Syria, Russian Secu...

Syrian troops capture key town near Damascus

Syrian activists and state media say President Bashar Assad`s forces have captured a strategic town ...

Hezbollah under pressure over Syria fighting

Lebanon`s Shi’ite Hezbollah movement came under increasing pressure over accusations it is backing r...

Syria opposition chief quits over world `inaction`

Syrian opposition chief Ahmad Moaz al-Khatib is determined to step down in the face of what he sees ...

Israel PM says could block weapons to Syrian rebels

Netanyahu has urged caution over international calls to arm Syrian rebels and reserved the right for...

Jordan denies giving military training to Syrians

Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour has rejected reports that military training is being provid...

Iran urges dialogue over Syria conflict

About 70,000 people have died in Syria since the start of the uprising against President Bashar al-A...

Assad forces damage mosque that sparked Syria revolt

In amateur video footage the activists uploaded to YouTube, the mosque can be seen at the end of a s...

At least 50 Syrian soldiers join rebels

A colonel was among the deserters who joined the rebels near the city of Qamishli in northeast Syria...

West has `hard evidence` of Syria chemical weapons: Envoy

Western nations have "hard evidence" that chemical weapons have been used at least once in the Syria...

Syria activists reject al Qaeda call for Islamic state

Syrian activists dismissed a weekend call by al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri for an Islamic state t...

North Korea, Syria dominate G8 talks in London

G8 foreign ministers held a second day of talks in London with the crisis on the Korean peninsula an...

Army assault in southern Syria kills 57: Report

Six children were among at least 57 people killed in southern Syria as the Army launched an all-out ...

Syria air raids on civilians kill thousands: HRW

The United Nations estimates more than 70,000 people have been killed in the conflict in Syria that ...

Sudan defence minister sees `end` to Darfur uprising

Sudan`s defence minister, who is wanted for alleged war crimes in Darfur, said on Wednesday that imp...

At least 15 dead in huge Damascus suicide bomb

A massive suicide car bomb ripped through a central Damascus street on Monday, killing at least 15 p...

Syria becoming `centre of gravity` for terrorists

About 70,000 people have died in Syria since the start of the uprising against President Bashar al-A...

New video shows Syrian rebels using US SEALs` sniper rifle

New YouTube video from the Syrian battlefield has shown rebels firing what appears to be the same hi...

Syrian uprising marks deadliest month, 6000 dead in March

In what signals a steep escalation in Syrian civil war, March 2013 turned out to be the deadliest mo...

March deadliest month yet in Syria uprising, 6000 dead

More than 6,000 people were killed in the Syrian civil war in March alone, according to a leading ac...

Help stop flow of money, weapons to rebels: Syria to BRICS

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has called on leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South A...

India for safe custody of chemical weapon stockpiles in Syria

India expressed concern over reports of alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria and stressed the ne...

`Syrian jets fire at targets along Lebanon border`

In what could escalate tensions between Damascus and Beirut, Syrian warplanes on Monday hit targets ...

`France, Britain to arm Syrian rebels even without EU accord`

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Paris and London will arm the Syrian opposition even if ...

Syrian refugees may double or triple this year: UN official

The United Nations has warmed that the number of refugees from Syria may double or even triple this ...

Syrian refugees reach one million: UN

There are now one million Syrians in the Middle East region who have fled the civil war in their cou...

Syrian regime missiles kill 140 in Aleppo: Rights group

Human Rights Watch says the attacks by the regime of President Bashar Assad on residential areas of ...

UN staffer missing on Israel-Syria border

UN deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey would not say whether the missing person was a military or civi...

US to continue supplying assistance to Syrian opposition

The White House asserted that the US will continue with its policy of providing non-lethal assistanc...

Huge blast rocks Syria’s Damascus, 31 dead

At least 31 people were killed and 208 wounded Thursday when a suicide bomber blew up a car packed w...

Russia, Arab League propose brokering Syria talks

Russia and the Arab League have proposed brokering direct talks between the Syrian government and Op...

Air raid kills at least 20 near Syrian capital

An air raid on a suburb of the Syrian capital killed at least 20 people and two mortars exploded nex...

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