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Reef Dimashq: Clashes are taking place around the town of Beit Sahm, explosions were heard in the area. The town of Housh Arab was bombarded by regime forces, several rockets fell on the town. Clashes are taking place between rebels…

The dead: 29 civilians, 37 rebel fighters, 1 unknown rebel fighter, 5 defected soldiers, 11 regular soldiers. 29 Civilians: -4 in Damascus: 1 civilian was killed by a rebel IED targeting a car in the Zahra' neighbourhood. 1 by a…

The Greek Orthodox patriarch of Syria, Ignatius IV (Hazim), has died in neighbouring Lebanon at the age of 92. Syria's state news agency, Sana, reported that Patriarch Ignatius died in Beirut's St George's hospital on Wednesday after…

At least 8 students and a teacher were killed when a shell hit a school outside the Syrian capital, Damascus, state media and activists say. The official Sana news agency said the Batiha school in the al-Wafidin camp, about 20km (15…

Syrian rebels killed a top official in the ruling Baath party Thursday, along with three of his bodyguards. The assassination took place in the southern Syrian city of Dera'a, where the revolution against President Bashar al-Assad began…

Human Rights Watch yesterday accused the Syrian opposition of using young boys to serve as fighters, guards and lookouts in the brutal conflict with government forces. "Children as young as 14 have served in at least three opposition…

The Syrian regime was the only government in the world to lay new landmines this year, campaigners have revealed, as they issued an annual report on the use and effect of the devastating weapons. Mark Hiznay, the editor of the…

Footage of the explosion that took place in the al-Sahari neighbourhood of Dera'a city earlier today.

Aleppo province: The Syrian security forces have detained Abbas Khan, a British doctor who has been working in field hospitals in Saraqeb and has transferred to Aleppo last Sunday, where he was eventually detained. Activists in…

Aid agencies in several countries bordering Syria say the prolonged civil war there is putting huge strain on their efforts and on Syria’s relations with it neighbors. Figures released Wednesday by the United Nations High Commissioner…