Syrian al Qaeda group gives rival Islamists ultimatum
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The head of al Qaeda's Syrian arm has given rival Islamist militants five days to accept mediation to end their infighting or face a war which will...
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U.N. aid convoy under fire in Syria’s besieged Homs
BEIRUT (Reuters) - An aid convoy came under fire in a besieged rebel district of Homs on Saturday, threatening a United Nations-led operation to bring food and medicine to 2,500...
U.N. aid convoy under fire in Syria’s besieged Homs
BEIRUT (Reuters) - An aid convoy came under fire in a besieged rebel district of Homs on Saturday, threatening a United Nations-led operation to bring food and medicine to 2,500...
Syrian rebels launch fierce offensive against al Qaeda fighters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebel factions battled fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) across north-west Syria on Saturday in the heaviest clashes between President Bashar...
Syria rebel chieftain killed; Assad forces bomb besieged town
AMMAN/ARSAL, Lebanon (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad's forces fired rocket and artillery barrages on a besieged mountain town near Lebanon on Monday in a push to capture the strategic area...
Syrian rebels seize anti-tank missiles in raid on army base
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels captured an ammunition depot north of Damascus from President Bashar al-Assad's forces on Saturday, activists said, seizing a hoard of anti-tank missiles and rockets which...
Analysis: Confident Assad sees Syria tide turning
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The road to Bashar al-Assad's palace on the edge of Damascus has four checkpoints manned by Republican Guards and plain-clothed police which guests must pass before they...
Lebanese army seals parliament after protests, Syria-linked tension
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Lebanese army sealed off Beirut's parliamentary district with razor wire and threatened stern action against violence on Friday after a night of unrest stoked by the...
Analysis: Hezbollah takes Syrian centre-stage, yet remains in shadows
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The voice crackling over the Hezbollah radios was clear and authoritative, and the guerrillas poised to attack the Syrian border town of Qusair recognized it immediately. "As...
Syrian rebels, Hezbollah in deadly fight in Lebanon
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah guerrillas fought a deadly battle with Syrian rebels in Lebanon's eastern border region early on Sunday, security sources said, in the latest eruption of Syria's conflict...