Rebels in Syria’s eastern Ghouta discussing ceasefire with U.N. – statement
The main rebel group in the southern pocket of Syria’s opposition-held eastern Ghouta said on Sunday it was negotiating with a United Nations delegation about...
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Turkish army and Syrian rebels close in on Islamic State town
Syrian rebels supported by Turkish armed forces have seized control of strategically important hills around the Islamic State-controlled town of al-Bab, Turkey’s military said on...
Russia tells rebels to leave Syria’s Aleppo by Friday evening
Russia on Wednesday told anti-government rebels holed up in Syria’s Aleppo to leave by Friday evening, signalling it would extend a moratorium on air strikes...
Bomb kills 25, mostly foreign-backed rebels in north Syria
A bomb claimed by Islamic State at a Syria-Turkey border crossing killed at least 25 people, most of them foreign-backed Syrian rebels, and wounded dozens...
Kerry, Lavrov meet to finalise details of Syria cooperation deal
US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov met in Geneva on Friday to try to hammer out final details of...
Syria Kurds win battle with government, Turkey mobilises against them
Syrian Kurdish forces took near complete control of Hasaka city on Tuesday as a ceasefire ended a week of fighting with the government, consolidating the...
Syrian rebels prepare attack from Turkey on Islamic State town
Hundreds of Syrian rebels are preparing to launch an operation to capture a town held by Islamic State at the border with Turkey, a senior...
Rebels launch major assault to try to break Aleppo siege (Updated)
Syrian rebel fighters have launched a major assault on government-held southwestern parts of Aleppo to try to reopen supply lines into opposition-held areas of the...
Scores of families leave besieged Aleppo under Russia-Damascus plan – Syrian media
Nearly 200 civilians, mostly women and children, left besieged eastern parts of Aleppo through a safety zone that Moscow and its Syrian ally say they...
Rebels launch attack in Syria’s Aleppo after government cuts road
Rebels launched an attack against government positions in the historic centre of Aleppo on Monday in response to an offensive that cut a road leading...
Syrian army fire cuts only road into rebel-held Aleppo (Updated)
Syrian government forces effectively cut the only way into rebel-held areas of Aleppo on Thursday as they advanced to within firing range of the road,...
Islamic State forces Syria rebels to retreat from border area (Updated)
US-backed Syrian rebels were pushed back from the outskirts of an Islamic State-held town on the border with Iraq and a nearby air base on...
Syrian opposition asks UN to halt peace talks
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and John Irish The mainstream Syrian opposition asked the United Nations to halt peace talks on Monday and rebel groups launched a...
UN to restart Syria peace talks on March 9 (Updated)
The United Nations will delay the next round of Syria peace talksby two days to allow the cessation of hostilities in force since Saturday to...
Al Qaeda in Syria calls for more fighting as deadline nears (Updated)
By Tom Perry and Lidia Kelly Syria’s branch of al Qaeda, one of its most powerful Islamist rebel groups, called for an escalation in fighting...
Russian jets in Syria pound Latakia ahead of fighting halt
By Tom Perry Russia bombed Syrian rebel-held areas in north-western Syria on Thursday as government forces sought to take more ground at the Turkish border,...
Syrian rebels say reinforcements get free passage via Turkey
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi Syrian rebels have brought at least 2,000 reinforcements through Turkey in the past week to bolster the fight against Kurdish-led militias north...
Syrian opposition casts doubt on peace talks after Russian bombing
By John Irish Syria’s opposition co-ordinator Riad Hijab accused Russia of killing dozens of children after a bombing raid on Monday and said such action...
Syrian rebels shell Shi’ite villages after truce evacuations, residents say
Syrian rebels shelled two Shi’ite villages in the north-west of the country on Tuesday, killing at least one person, residents said, a day after pro-government...
U.S. military says air-drops weapons for Kurdish fighters near Kobani
By Arshad Mohammed The U.S. military said it had air-dropped arms to Syrian rebels fighting Islamic State militants near Kobani on Sunday in what appeared...