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Syria's President Bashar al-Assad told AFP in an exclusive interview Sunday there is a "significant" chance he will seek a new term this year, and dismissed the prospect of an opposition premier. Speaking at the presidential palace in…

Some Swedish towns are struggling to cope with an influx of Syrian refugees, after the government there guaranteed asylum to fugitives from the civil war. The right-wing Swedish Democrat party claims ethnic Swedes are angry at the cost…

The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham released last night 4 statements that decree new laws to be implemented on the Syrian citizens in the areas under its control in Raqqah province. The summary of the decrees: 1- Restricting the…

The dead : 97 civilians ( 27 children, 11 women, 3 teenager ), 54 rebels, 5 unknown rebels, 19 NDF, 9 non-Syrian ISIS, 16 ISIS, 33 regular forces . By province: Aleppo ( 68 civilians, 12 rebels ) , Damascus( 1 civilian, 14 rebels ),…

Reef Dimashq: 15 fighters from Islamic battalion were killed by clashes against regime forces and NDF in Der-Shrobem area in Sednaya yesterday . the fate of tens of fighters is still unknown . Mortar bombardment by regime forces on areas…

(CNN) -- Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem announced Friday moves that appear to be intended to ease the strife in Syria and show that Damascus is amenable to changes, just before a peace conference scheduled for Wednesday in Geneva,…

Syria's foreign minister has said Damascus is ready to offer a prisoner exchange with rebels. Speaking in Moscow, Walid Muallem also said he had presented a ceasefire plan for the second city Aleppo to his Russian counterpart, Sergey…

BEIRUT (AP) - Two weeks of fighting between an al-Qaeda-linked group and other rebel forces in Syria has killed more than 1,000 people, an activist group said Thursday, as clashes raged between the rival factions in a northwestern town.…

Reef Dimashq: Regime forces bombarded areas of Mazare'a Ela'ab and Aliya near Douma, no reports of casualties. Four regular forces including ( colonel, lieutenant colonel, first lieutenant, sergeant) , were killed due to dropping their…

(New York) – Certain extremist armed opposition groups are imposing strict and discriminatory rules on women and girls that have no basis in Syrian law, Human Rights Watch said today. The harsh rules that some groups are administering in…