Bashar al-Assad

  Clashes erupted between Syrian rebels and troops backed by Palestinian fighters near Damascus Tuesday as the UN-Arab League peace…

Fierce clashes between rebels and Syrian regime forces broke out today around a military base near the northern town of…

Syria's army command announced a ceasefire on Thursday to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha but said it reserved…

President Bashar al-Assad's forces fired heavy tank and rocket barrages at a Damascus suburb on Thursday, killing five people, opposition…

Syria said on Wednesday its military command was still studying a proposal for a holiday ceasefire with rebels — contradicting…

Syrian rebels are battling to seize an army base close to the main north-south highway and say its capture would…

A car bomb exploded near a police station in the central Bab Touma district of Damascus on Sunday, witnesses said,…

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Saturday he suspected the assassination of a senior Lebanese intelligence chief was linked…

The US military has sent a task force to Jordan to help it handle an influx of Syrian refugees and…

NATO said it had drawn up plans to defend Turkey if necessary should the war in Syria spill over their…