Al Jazeera English
| Jul 16, 2012
Activists in Syria's capital say government troops and armored vehicles have entered central Damascus, and are shelling several neighborhoods. Meanwhile, Russia has said it would block moves at the UN Security Council to extend a UN monitoring m...
Al Jazeera English
| Jul 12, 2012
Syrian government troops using artillery and attack helicopters have killed more than 150 people in the village of Tremseh in the central region of Hama, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has told the AFP news agency. "Government troops bom...
Telegraph.co.uk
| Jun 25, 2012
Former Syrian Brigadier General Ahmad Berro, who defected earlier this month, says the Syrian army is tired of fighting the uprising and calls on his colleagues to defy the orders of the Syrian government.
As a recent video of a rebel gutting a dead soldier is widely condemned, both sides are accused of extreme brutality.
War and disease threaten a 4-year-old's life. She survived both with the help of doctor's in an enemy state. Sara Sidner reports.
Turkey is increasingly wary as violence rages next door. CNN's Nic Robertson reports.
Aid agency Oxfam warns that Jordan and Lebanon are in urgent need of help to support hundreds of thousands of refugees who have fled the fighting i...