UN envoy offers to escort rebels out of Aleppo
The UN Special Envoy for Syria offered on Thursday to go to eastern Aleppo and escort up to 1,000 Islamist fighters out of the city...
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Syria’s Nusra Front says it is breaking ties with al Qaeda to avert attacks
The leader of the Syrian Islamist rebel group Nusra Front said on Thursday it was cutting its ties with al Qaeda to deny foreign powers...
Islamist rebels seize village near Aleppo, 73 killed
Rebels seized a village from government forces near Aleppo overnight, a monitoring group and rebel sources said on Friday, gaining important ground near the Syrian...
Syrian Nusra Front’s Abu Firas killed in suspected drone strike – rebels
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi A prominent leader in Syrian al Qaeda offshoot Nusra Front was killed on Sunday in what rebel sources said appeared to be...
Al Qaeda in Syria seizes bases, weapons of Western-backed group – monitor
The al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front has seized the bases and weapons of a Western-backed rebel group in overnight fighting in northwestern Syria, the Syrian Observatory...
Syria fighting largely halts as agreement kicks in (Updated)
By Tom Perry and Mariam Karouny Fighting appeared largely to stop across most areas of western and northern Syria on Saturday after a cessation of...
Prisoner swap deal frees Lebanese soldiers and IS leader’s ex-wife (Updated)
By Tom Perry and Laila Bassam Al Qaeda’s Syrian wing, the Nusra Front, released 16 Lebanese soldiers and policemen held captive since August, 2014 on...
Calls for aid to Syria’s Druze after al Qaeda kills 20
By Tom Perry and Suleiman Al-Khalidi Fighters from Syria’s al Qaeda branch, the Nusra Front, have killed at least 20 Druze villagers, raising fear for...
After two attempts, UN starts zero-expectation talks on Syria
By Sylvia Westall and Tom Miles The United Nations has adopted a cautious approach to the Syria talks it launched this week, avoiding raising expectations...
Blast in Syria kills top al Qaeda commander, three others
By Mariam Karouny Al Qaeda’s official Syrian wing, the Nusra Front, announced on Thursday the death of its top military commander, who insurgent sources said...
Suicide attack at Lebanese cafe kills at least seven
By Nazih Siddiq A suicide bomb attack on a cafe in the Lebanese city of Tripoli killed at least seven people on Saturday, the latest...
Around 180 Syrian soldiers, jihadists killed in battle for base
By Oliver Holmes Around 100 Syrian soldiers and 80 Islamist fighters were killed during a two-day battle in which insurgents took the Wadi al-Deif military...
US launches fresh strikes on Khorasan group in Syria
By Mark Hosenball and Susan Heavey The United States said it conducted air strikes on Wednesday night against the so-called Khorasan group, an al Qaeda-linked...
Syria’s Nusra Front releases UN peacekeepers in Golan
By Baz Ratner Dozens of Fijian UN peacekeepers, released by al-Qaeda-linked group Nusra Front in Syria on Thursday, arrived in Israeli-held territory on the Golan...
Fire from fighting in Syria hits Israeli-held Golan
By Jeffrey Heller A projectile from fighting in the Syrian civil war struck the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Thursday and Israeli forces responded by attacking...
Iraq militants take Syria-border post in drive for caliphate
By Kamal Namaa Sunni fighters seized a border post on the Iraq-Syria frontier, security sources said on Saturday, smashing a line drawn by colonial powers almost a...
Syrian rebel alliance battles Al Qaeda-linked fighters
An alliance of Islamist and other rebel factions battled fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) across north-western Syria on Saturday...
Air raids and clashes near Syrian chemical weapons site
By Dominic Evans Syrian air force warplanes bombarded rebel-held targets close to a major chemical weapons facility on Friday in fighting that highlights the perils...
Putin: world powers on right track on Syria chemical arms
By Steve Gutterman Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday global powers were “on the right track” with a plan to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons...
Syria rebels reject opposition coalition, call for Islamic leadership
By Erika Solomon Powerful Syrian insurgent units have rejected the authority of the opposition Syrian National Coalition (SNC), badly damaging efforts by Western-backed political exiles...