More than 100 injured in Aleppo in suspected rebel gas attack
By Ellen Francis More than 100 people were wounded in a suspected toxic gas attack in Syria’s Aleppo late on Saturday, which a health official...
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Syrian rebels say army besieges their enclave in Deraa
The Syrian army and allied troops on Monday laid siege to the rebel-held enclave in Deraa and were poised to gain complete control of the...
More Syrian rebels agree to leave eastern Ghouta (Update)
Syrian rebels agreed to surrender a second besieged enclave in eastern Ghouta on Friday, state television reported, as their comrades in another insurgent pocket in...
Russia offers rebels safe passage out of eastern Ghouta
The Russian military has offered Syrian rebels safe passage out of eastern Ghouta, setting out a deal by which the opposition would surrender its last major...
Talks in no-man’s land as Russia eyes post-war role in Syria
Syrian rebels under siege near Damascus have resorted to talks with the government’s ally Russia, sometimes meeting in no-man’s land, as they seek to hang...
Philippine army says taking fire from women, children
Philippine troops fighting Islamic State-linked rebels in a southern city have encountered armed resistance from women and children, the military said on Monday, as troops...
Syrian rebels resume withdrawal from last Homs bastion – monitor
Hundreds of rebels left their last bastion in Syria‘s Homs city on Monday, resuming an evacuation expected to be among the largest of its kind...
Syrian rebels, families leave Homs after deal with gov’t
By Ellen Francis REBELS and their families began leaving their last bastion in the Syrian city of Homs on Saturday, state media and a Reuters...
Aleppo rebels hope to reverse fortunes with new alliance
Rebels in Aleppo have agreed to form a new military alliance to better organise the defence of parts of the city they control from a...
Syrian state media say militants fire poison gas in Aleppo (Update 2)
Syrian rebels opened a new front in Aleppo as fighting spread on the third day of a major insurgent counter-attack to break the government’s siege...
Syrian rebels launch Aleppo counter-attack to break siege (Update)
Syrian rebels including jihadists began a counter-attack against the army and its allies on Friday aiming to break a weeks-long siege on eastern Aleppo, insurgents...
Syrian rebels seize “doomsday” village where Islamic State promised final battle (Updated)
By Angus McDowall and Tom Perry Syrian rebels said they captured the village of Dabiq from Islamic State on Sunday, forcing the jihadist group from...
Renewed bombing kills over 150 in rebel-held Aleppo this week – rescue workers
Renewed bombing of rebel-held eastern Aleppo has killed more than 150 people this week, rescue workers said on Thursday, as the Syrian government steps up...
Syrian army, rebels wage fierce battles north of Aleppo city (Update)
Syrian government forces and rebels waged fierce battles north of Aleppo on Friday, a week into a Russian-backed offensive by the Syrian army to take...
Warplanes pound Syria’s Aleppo, U.N. security council meets (Update 1)
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi Warplanes bombed a strategic camp on the northern edge of Aleppo on Sunday as Syrian government forces, backed by Russia, battled rebels...
Turkey wants to join U.S.-led operation against ISIS in Raqqa, says Erdogan
Turkey wants to join the United States in a military operation to push Islamic State from its Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, as long as it...
Turkey-backed rebels could push further south in Syria, Erdogan says
Turkey-backed rebels may extend their zone of control in northern Syria by pushing south and are now targeting the Islamic State-held town of al-Bab, Turkish...
Fighting in Aleppo persists despite Russia ceasefire announcement- rebels
Fighting persisted in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Thursday more than an hour into a three-hour ceasefire announced by Russia, two rebel groups and...
Hezbollah says Golan explosions caused by Nusra Front rocket fire (Updated)
Two explosions that hit a Syrian town near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Wednesday were caused by rockets fired by al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate Nusra...
Syrian army reaches main road into rebel-held Aleppo -rebels
Pro-Syrian government forces reached the only main road into the rebel-held part of Aleppo on Sunday, further tightening their control around opposition areas of the...