BEIRUT — Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices ...

(Adds details on breakdown of refugees) GENEVA, May 17 (Reuters) - More than 1.5 million people have fled Syria as conditions there de...

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN, May 10 (Reuters) - Syrian casualties treated in Turkey show signs of being victims of chemical weapons, ...

MOSCOW, May 10 (Reuters) - Russia has no plans to sell Syria an advanced air defense system, its foreign minister said on Friday, denying media repo...

Everyone I visit talks about freedom, a future in Syria beyond this horror. There is so much suffering, but in the suffering there is a unity that catches me by surprise.

WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has fired missiles with chemical weapons at his opponents, crossing President Barack ...

WASHINGTON — A Republican member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is predicting the U.S. will soon be "arming the rebels" seeking to ov...

BEIRUT — From Israel's perspective, its airstrikes near Damascus were more about Iran than Syria: Tehran's shipment of guided missiles destroyed...

BEIRUT — Syrian rebels shot down a military helicopter in the country's east, killing eight government troops on board as President Bashar Assad...

BEIRUT — The bodies of the Syrian boys and young men in jeans and casual shirts were strewn along a blood-stained pavement, dying apparently whe...

BEIRUT -- International military action against Syria's government over its alleged use of chemical weapons would run up against one of the Middle Eas...

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is rethinking its opposition to arming rebels opposed to the Syrian government, Defense Secretary Chuck Ha...

The likely use of chemical weapons in Syria ramps up pressure on US President Barack Obama to act, but any military options are limited and risky for ...

* Obama talks tough while taking cautious line * Says "confirmation" still needed for conclusive proof * White House min...

BEIRUT — Syrian opposition groups called Friday for international action after the Obama administration said U.S. intelligence indicates Preside...

BEIRUT — Syrian troops backed by pro-government gunmen captured at least one village in heavy fighting Sunday in a strategic area near the Leban...

BEIRUT — Syrian rebels captured a military base in the strategic Homs province on Thursday as opposition fighters fought to expand territory und...

BEIRUT -- A barrage of rockets slammed into a contested district on the northeastern edge of Damascus, killing at least five people and trapping other...

BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad vowed Friday to avenge the death of a senior pro-government cleric who was killed along with dozens of pe...

By Alex Whiting LONDON, March 19 (AlertNet) - As many as 4 million people may be displaced within Syria due to the two-year-long confl...

WASHINGTON — The top U.S. military commander in Europe said Tuesday that NATO is conducting contingency planning for possible military involveme...

By Dominic Evans BEIRUT, March 19 (Reuters) - Syria's government and rebels accused each other of firing a rocket loaded with chemica...