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The Syrian Electronic Army, a hacker group sympathetic to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, on Monday seized control of an online tool used by an advocacy organization for U.S. President Barack Obama to redirect links sent from his Twitter…

U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who arrived in Damascus Monday, believes President Bashar al-Assad could contribute to the transition to a “new” Syria, but not as the country’s leader, Agence France-Presse reported. Brahimi,…

Deir Ezzour province: The airforce bombarded the Hamidiya and Sheikh Yassin neighbourhoods of Deir Ezzour, no reports on the number of losses. The airforce also bombarded parts of al-Buseira town, no reports of injuries. Clashes took…

Hama province: Regime forces bombarded parts of al-Latamna town, causing several injuries. Regime forces went on arbitrary raids and arrests in the al-Debbagha neighbourhood of Hama overnight. Qal'at al-Madiq was bombarded by the…

Syria has handed in a plan for the destruction of its chemical weapons to the watchdog monitoring the process, BBC News said. In a statement, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical weapons (OPCW) said the declaration was…

A coalition of nineteen Syrian rebel groups has warned that anybody who decides to engage in peace talks with the regime of President Bashar al-Assad will be charged with treason, CNN reports. "We consider participation in Geneva II and…

Damascus, Oct 28 (IANS): Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN-Arab League joint special envoy, arrived in Syria Monday wrapping up a regional tour aimed at garnering support for the upcoming Geneva-II international conference on Syria. Brahimi was…

Russia on Monday described as “outrageous” a threat by powerful Syrian opposition groups against those who attend Syria peace talks backed by Moscow and Washington. “It is outrageous that some of these extremist, terrorist…

The UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi arrives in Damascus for talks with Syrian government officials, amid reports of fierce fighting in and around the capital city. In his visit, which starts on Monday, he is expected to meet Syrian…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Syria's state media say government forces have retaken a Christian town north of Damascus after a week of clashes with al-Qaida-linked fighters who had recently captured key parts of it. The state-run SANA news…