July 22, 2013
4:10 pm

Syrian rebels run during heavy clashes with soldiers loyal to President Bashar Assad, in the Salah al-Din neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, in July 2013. (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

Syrian rebels capture key village near Aleppo

Victory comes as opposition forces suffer heavy losses in Damascus fighting

July 16, 2013
8:51 pm

A Syrian rebel fires his weapon in Damascus, Syria, Friday, June 21 (photo credit: AP/Ugarit News)

UN: Some 5,000 Syrians killed every month

At least 6.8 million residents in the civil war-torn country require urgent humanitarian assistance

By Edith M. Lederer

July 14, 2013
1:53 pm

Black smoke rises from buildings near a mosque from purported forces shelling in Homs, Syria on July 11, 2012. (photo credit: Shaam News Network/AP)

200 civilians trapped in Syrian mosque

Opposition calls on Assad to ‘immediately release’ noncombatants trapped in a Damascus suburb as fighting rages outside

July 11, 2013
4:33 am

Syrian refugees shelter in a two-story wedding ceremony hall in the Turkish town of Reyhanli, near the border with Syria, Sunday, May 12, 2013, (photo credit: AP/Burhan Ozbilici)

Syrians struggle to find festive mood this Ramadan

War-ravaged infrastructure along with souring prices leave refugees and citizens in rebel-held towns begging for food

By Albert Aji and Diaa Hadid

July 10, 2013
7:23 pm

Syrian rebels running during heavy clashes with Syrian soldiers loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, in the Salah al-Din neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday, July 9, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

Syrian rebels reject Russian claims on sarin use

Moscow accused National Coalition of carrying out a nerve gas attack against Assad’s forces near Aleppo

By Diaa Hadid

July 6, 2013
1:42 pm

Syrian troops advance in rebel-held parts of Homs

Push is first significant gain by pro-Assad troops in eight-day campaign to wrest control of city

July 3, 2013
7:24 pm

Homes destroyed by Syrian government airstrikes and shelling in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, July 2, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

Syrian troops demand rebels surrender in fight over key highway

Regime planes drop leaflets over Idlib, telling fighters to ‘abandon your weapons and return to your family’

By Diaa Hadid

July 2, 2013
6:22 pm

This image made from amateur video released by Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows smoke rises in Damascus, Syria, Friday, June 21, 2013. (Photo credit: AP/Ugarit News via AP video)

Shelling kills 11 near Syrian capital, activists say

Assad forces pound village; two women and a child among the casualties

June 28, 2013
10:14 pm

Anti-Syrian regime protesters holding Syrian revolution flags, during a demonstration in the neighborhood of Bustan Al-Qasr in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, June 28, 2013 (photo credit: AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

Syrian rebels capture major checkpoint in south

Islamic militants of al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra reported to have seized birthplace of uprising after two-week siege

By Sarah El Deeb

June 27, 2013
4:57 pm

At least four dead in Damascus suicide blast

Latest bomb in wave of suicide attacks set off outside Greek Orthodox church

June 25, 2013
8:40 pm

Illustrative photo of al-Qaeda-linked fighters after an attack on a Syrian army convoy in March, 2013. (screen capture: YouTube)

Syrian al-Qaeda branch claims suicide attacks

Jabhat al-Nusra says it stands behind bombings in Damascus that killed five; UN envoy says peace hopes fading

June 23, 2013
1:49 pm

Smoke billows from a powerful explosion in the central Marjeh district of Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday, April. 30, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/SANA)

At least 15 killed as bombs hit Damascus and Aleppo

Blasts coincide with an international meeting in Qatar to coordinate military aid to rebels

June 22, 2013
2:26 pm

Government troops shell area near Damascus, activists say

Regime assault seen as attempt to cut links between districts under rebel control; three children dead in attacks

June 20, 2013
7:35 pm

Deputy Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad. (photo credit: AP Photo)

‘Syria will get back all its territory,’ deputy foreign minister says

Faisal Mekdad decries ‘hypocritical’ Obama decision ‘to arm terrorist groups’; blames US for instigating civil war

By Albert Aji

June 20, 2013
6:54 pm

The 12th century Ummayad mosque in Aleppo's Old City in 2008 (photo credit: CC BY Martijn Munneke/Flikr)

UNESCO puts Syrian historical sites on danger list

Topic: Damascus