BEIRUT: Syrian activists say that the death toll from the latest government offensive into the rebellious city of Homs has risen to 16 people, with a key...
BEIRUT: Syrian security forces killed at least seven people Friday after thousands of protesters took to the streets, charging that President Bashar Assad...
BEIRUT: In a country ruled for more than four decades by an autocratic regime, the Syrian uprising has brought forth an abundance of opposition figures...
BEIRUT: A key Syrian opposition group on Tuesday called for international monitors ahead of a visit to Damascus by senior Arab officials probing ways to start...
BEIRUT: Activists say Syrian troops have stormed villages close to the border with Turkey in pursuit of army defectors, and that at least three people and...
BEIRUT: While Syrian protesters and security forces are engaged in a war of attrition on the ground, a different kind of battle is emerging online. Pro- and...
BEIRUT: Syrian authorities pursuing a crackdown against President Bashar Assad's critics banned three prominent opposition figures from leaving the...
BEIRUT: A renowned political cartoonist whose drawings expressed Syrians’ frustrated hopes for change was grabbed after he left his studio early...
BEIRUT: Heavy machine-gun fire rang out across the besieged Syrian city of Latakia Tuesday as the death toll from a four-day military assault rose to 35....
BEIRUT: More than 5,000 Palestinian refugees have fled a camp in the besieged Syrian city of Latakia after President Bashar Assad's forces shelled...
BEIRUT: As Syria's crackdown on protesters gets bloodier, it is having repercussions for one of Damascus' most crucial allies, eroding the reputation...
BEIRUT: The Syrian military tightened its suffocating siege on the city of Hama Saturday in its drive to crush the main center of the anti-government uprising...
BEIRUT: Activists say at least 24 Syrian civilians have been killed as security forces fired on anti-government protesters as part of a nationwide...
BEIRUT: A bomb blast struck an oil pipeline in western Syria Friday in what Syrian state television described as a “terrorist” attack, saying that...
BEIRUT: Syria’s government has endorsed a draft law that it says will allow the formation of political parties alongside President Bashar Assad’s...
BEIRUT: Tens of thousands of Syrians shouting “We want freedom!” carried slain protesters through the streets Saturday, one day after security...
BEIRUT: Hundreds of thousands of Syrians mounted the largest protests Friday since the uprising began more than four months ago, pouring into areas where the...
BEIRUT: Syrian security forces killed at least 17 protesters Friday as hundreds of thousands flooded the streets nationwide in the largest...
BEIRUT: France’s prime minister said Tuesday the attacks by pro-government demonstrators on the U.S. and French embassies in Damascus show President...
BEIRUT: Critics of Syria’s authoritarian regime, at a rare gathering in Damascus, called Monday for a peaceful transition to democracy and an end to the...
DAMASCUS: More than 100 dissidents heard calls for a peaceful transition to democracy at a public meeting in Syria's capital on Monday that they...
BEIRUT: Syria's foreign minister vowed Wednesday to present "an unprecedented example of democracy" in the country within three months, an...
BEIRUT: Syrian tanks sealed a restive northern city Saturday, and activists said they expected an all-out government assault on the region near the Turkish...
BEIRUT: A deadly mutiny of Syrian soldiers and loss of control over a tense northern town appeared to show extraordinary cracks in an autocratic regime that...
BEIRUT: Mutinous Syrian soldiers joined forces with protesters after days of crackdowns in a tense northern region, apparently killing dozens of officers and...