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BEIRUT — The Syrian army inched closer to seizing a central prison in the contested northern city of Aleppo Wednesday, with intense artillery shelling and military aircraft dropping dozens of crude bombs in the area and killing at least 50…

Beirut (AFP) - Syria's army has launched a fierce assault on rebel fighters in a bid to break their year-long siege on Aleppo's central prison, a monitor, state media and activists reported Wednesday. The rebels and their allies from the…

The Syrian army inched closer to seizing a central prison in the contested northern city of Aleppo today, with intense artillery shelling and military aircraft dropping dozens of crude bombs in the area and killing at least 50…

At least 50 rebels died on Tuesday and Wednesday in clashes with Syrian President Bashar al Assad's forces, who are advancing toward the central prison in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human…

DAMASCUS - Syrian authorities Sunday announced the death in combat of a general near Damascus, while urging a mass turnout in a June 3 presidential election branded a "farce" by the opposition. General Hussein Isaac died of wounds…

The head of Syria's air defenses was killed in clashes near the capital, Damascus, a government official and activists said Sunday, one of a few high-ranking military officers to be killed in the country's 3-year-old civil war, according to…

Over 162,000 people have been killed in Syria since March 2011 according to new figures released Monday, reported Agence France Presse. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published the new toll Monday based on documented…

AMMONNEWS - More than 162,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict broke out in March 2011, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a new toll published Monday , Middle East Online reported.The…

At least 162,000 people have been killed in Syria's three-year-old conflict, a monitoring group said on Monday, and thousands more are missing after being captured by President Bashar al-Assad's forces and rebels trying to overthrow him,…

PanARMENIAN.Net - An activist group says the number of people who have died in the Syrian conflict so far has exceeded 160,000. According to the Associated Press, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday, May…