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A top rebel commander in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo has been killed in a major battle for a military academy, his brigade says. 'It is with pride that Liwa al-Tawhid (brigade) announces the death in combat of the hero…

Iran's armed forces chief of staff on Saturday warned Turkey over its plans to deploy US-made Patriot missiles, saying the move was part of a Western plot to "create a world war". "The Patriot (missiles) are threatening. Each one of…

The fighting between Syrian Arab rebels and a Kurdish militia that broke out in November in the northeastern Syrian town of Ras al-Ayn threatens to open up a chasm beneath a rebellion already charged with sectarian and ethnic…

United States officials confirm to NBC News that for the first time in the Syrian conflict, the Syrian military has been firing Scud missiles at rebel fighters in northern Syria. The officials report that as many as eight Scud missiles…

Syria's state news agency says a bomb blast near the capital, Damascus, has killed 16 people. It says at least half of those killed are women and children. The SANA news agency says a car packed with explosives blew up on…

Western and Arab nations sympathetic to Syria's uprising against President Bashar al-Assad gave full political recognition on Wednesday to the opposition, reflecting a hardening consensus that the 20-month-old uprising might be…

Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have fired Scud missiles at rebel fighters in recent days, Obama administration officials said on Wednesday. The move represents a significant escalation in the fighting, which has…

This tent camp sheltering Syrians uprooted by their country's brutal civil war has lost the race against winter: The ground under white tents is soaked in mud, fights erupt over scarce blankets and volunteer doctors routinely run…

Idlib province: The airforce went on a raid over the town of Benin, by the northern entrance to Ma'arat al-Nu'man city. The city itself was bombarded by the artillery. Clashes are taking place between regular troops and rebels from…

An explosion targeted the Syrian Interior Ministry building Wednesday in the capital, Damascus, state TV said. There was no immediate word on casualties. Rebels fighting to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad have been making…