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Beirut — The Syrian army has been using starvation as a "weapon of war" in its siege of the Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus, Amnesty International said on Monday. In a report on the plight of Palestinian and…

A group of Greek Orthodox nuns kidnapped by rebels in the Syrian Christian town of Maaloula in December have been released. The 13 nuns and their three helpers were said to have been freed as part of a prisoner exchange. The women have…

The sacking last week of the commander of the Free Syrian Army appears to be driving a wedge among factions of the loosely organized Western-backed network of rebel forces at a crucial moment in the three-year civil war to oust Syrian…

BEIRUT — After weeks of fighting, the Syrian military has wrested control of a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border in the strategic province of Homs, military and opposition representatives said Saturday. The seizure of Zara, close…

Sunday, March 09, 2014 - Damascus—Syrian regime troops Saturday captured a rebel-held town near a famed Crusader castle in the strategic province of Homs, state media and a monitoring group said, after nearly a month of fighting.…

The seizure of Zara, close to the main highway linking Homs city to the Mediterranean coast, is the latest reported government advance in its effort to seal the porous border with Lebanon, long a conduit for antigovernment fighters and…

World Bulletin/News Desk The leader of the Syrian opposition bloc Ahmed Jarba said on Sunday that the time for diplomacy and peaceful solutions for the Syrian crisis is over, urging Arabs to blacklist the Lebanese Hezbollah group and the…

World Bulletin/News Desk Syrian government forces seized a village in the central Homs province on Saturday, state media and a monitoring group said, as part of a push for control of areas along the Lebanese border. The village of…

Syrian forces captured Saturday a rebel-held town near a famed Crusader castle in the strategic province of Homs, after nearly a month of fighting, the army said.   "Syrian army units, in cooperation with the National Defence Force and…

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syrian-government forces seized a village in the central province of Homs yesterday, state media and a monitoring group said. The move is part of a push for control of areas along the Lebanese border. The village of…