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Syrian military commanders are continuing to redeploy forces away from sensitive sites ahead of a postponed US air strike that many in Damascus believe is still likely. Residents of the Syrian capital said on Monday that troops had moved…

Barack Obama's claim that he is "president of the word's oldest constitutional democracy" was either a deliberate insult to an ally that had just let him down or breathtaking ignorance on the part of a former president of the Harvard Law…

There are two ways to assess President Obama's surprise weekend decision to seek congressional authorization for a military strike on Syria: (1) It's very shrewd, because it challenges Congress to govern as an equal partner, to co-own a…

(Reuters) - The Italian foreign ministry denied reports on Monday that the Friends of Syria group of nations would meet in Rome this weekend. Earlier a diplomatic source told Reuters that a meeting of the group was due to take place on…

Idlib province: The airforce carried out an air raid on areas of the M'artamsrin town, this came after regime bombardment on the area which led to a civilian's death and 5 other injuries, including a woman and 2 children. Helicopters…

Damascus province: Several shells fell on the neighbourhoods of Barza and al-Qaboun with no reports of human losses. Regular forces carried out a series of raids and arrests in a money-transfer office in the al-Hariqa neighbourhood of…

The dead: 64 civilians (including 16 children, 11 women), 74 rebels, 2 rebel suicide bombers, 12 unidentified rebels, 12 non-Syrian rebels, 14 NDF, 2 defected soldiers, 58 regular soldiers. By province: Reef Dimashq (57 rebels,…

Inside the Zaatari camp the mood is bleak among those who have fled the war and now feel the US has deserted them Across the camp, five miles inside Jordan, Syrian refugees gathered in small groups to listen to Barack Obama. Some watched…

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia on Sunday called on the world community to take all necessary steps to deter Syrian government violence. "The time has come to call on the world community to bear its responsibility and take the deterrent…

(Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has moved military equipment and personnel to civilian areas and put prisoners in military sites as human shields against any Western air strikes, the opposition said on Sunday. The…