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Aleppo province: Areas in the Bab Qansrin area were bombarded by regular forces. The airforce dropped explosive barrels on areas in the Bustan al-Qasr, Darat A’zza and Bab Qansrin neighbourhoods with reports of casualties in the…

Dar'a province: warplanes went in 4 airstrikes on Dar'a camp and Tariq al-Sad in Dar'a city, no information about the casualties yet. helicopters dropped barrel bombs on areas in, Inkhel, the western neighborhood of Busra…

DAMASCUS, April 15, 2014 (AFP) - Mortar rounds fired on schools in the Syrian capital on Tuesday killed a child and wounded more than 40 people, among them more children, state media said. Rebels fighting to oust President Bashar…

Homs is the last chief stronghold for rebels in central Syria, and the fight to take it underscores how emboldened Syrian forces have methodically taken back opposition-held areas, bolstered by fighters from the Lebanese Shi’ite group…

Jordanian warplanes hit and destroyed several vehicles trying to cross the border from Syria, a government spokesman said on Wednesday, underlining Amman's concern about incursions from areas controlled by Syrian rebels. "There was…

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syrian government forces continued an advance to recapture rebel-held areas of Homs on Wednesday, with clashes centering on the Old City. The advance of Syrian forces into the city, which they have been besieging…

Jordanian warplanes destroyed "camouflaged" vehicles on Wednesday as they tried to cross into the kingdom from war-ravaged Syria, in the first such strikes since the conflict erupted three years ago. A Syrian military source, cited by…

Jihadist militants of the Islamist State of Iraq and the Levant have killed the head of the Al-Nusra Front and his family in northern Syria, a monitoring group said Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a four-man ISIL…

Leaked images allegedly showing Syrians tortured by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces have been described by the U.N. Security Council as evidence of systematic torture and mass killings. During an informal meeting organized by France on…

Jordanian air forces destroyed a number of armored vehicles on Wednesday as they crossed the border from war-torn Syria, the army said in a statement. "Royal air force jets fighters today at 10:30 am (0730 GMT) destroyed a number of…