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Beirut: Extremist Islamic rebels who overran a village in central Syria populated by the Alawite minority have killed at least 40 people, activists said on Monday. Half of the victims in Sunday’s attack were civilians, including…

BEIRUT (AP) — Extremist Islamic rebels who overran a village in central Syria populated by the Alawite minority have killed at least 40 people, activists said Monday. The report on the attack on the village of Maan in the central Hama…

An Alawite village in the central province of Hama was seized by Islamist fighters on Sunday, Reuters news agency reported, adding that the fighting was “part of an offensive to try to cut off supply routes from Damascus to the north of the…

Dera'a province : violent clashes taking place between regime forces against rebel and Islamic battalions around Al-Shekh Meskin town, accompanied by regime bombardment on areas in the town .

GENEVA — A second round of peace talks between the Syrian government and the opposition bogged down quickly Monday over who was responsible for escalating violence that has killed hundreds in the past few days and disrupted food aid for…

A fresh humanitarian truce is being negotiated in the Syrian city of Homs after hundreds of people were evacuated at the weekend, reports say. The move comes as the second round of peace talks between the Syrian government and the…

A third shipment of chemical weapons materials left Syria on Monday, and some other chemical substances have been destroyed inside the country, the joint mission of the United Nations and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical…

British Muslims have been responsible for acts of torture and possibly executions in Syria, according to new video footage posted on social network sites. Hundreds of British citizens have travelled to Syria to fight for the rebels…

The French foreign minister says France will float a new resolution in the U.N. Security Council to help bring humanitarian aid, food and medicine to Syria's embattled people. Laurent Fabius says France is working with "a whole…

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian activists say government aircraft have dropped barrel bombs on the northern city of Aleppo, killing at least 11 people. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the makeshift bombs were dropped on…