BEIRUTFresh fighting erupted on the outskirts of Damascus on Friday, as Syrian regime troops battled rebels in the north, south and east, backed in some areas by tanks and militia, a watchdog said.“Fierce clashes are raging in Barzeh district, pitting rebels against troops and members of the ...

DAMASCUS - A massive suicide car bomb ripped through the heart of Damascus on Monday, killing at least 15 people and littering a central street with dead bodies and the carcasses of charred cars."Terrorists detonate car bomb between Sabaa Bahrat Square and Shahbander Street," state television ...

A mortar attack on Damascus University killed at least 12 students on Thursday, state television reported, blaming rebels who have stepped up attacks in the heart of the Syrian capital."The number of students killed in the mortar attack on the architecture faculty in Damascus University has risen ...

DAMASCUS (AFP/Reuters) - A huge car bomb exploded on Thursday near ruling party offices in Damascus, killing nearly 60 people and causing widespread destruction in the Syrian capital’s deadliest attack since the civil war erupted.The bombing, blamed on “terrorists” by both the ...

BEIRUT  - Syrian forces on Friday shelled rebel belts on the eastern and southern outskirts of Damascus where street battles also erupted, a watchdog said, as an army offensive raged into a third straight day.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Jubar district in the east and ...

DAMASCUS  - Syria's army Wednesday launched a fierce assault in the Damascus region, shelling rebel neighbourhoods and sealing main entrances to the capital, witnesses said, as prospects for peace talks dimmed.Shattering months of relative calm in Damascus, the offensive coincided with two ...

DAMASCUS - The Syrian army shelled the outskirts of Damascus on Saturday in a drive to establish a secure perimeter around the capital, as telephone and Internet services resumed after a three-day blackout.The army targeted several villages near the key Damascus airport road that has come under ...

DAMASCUS - Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Wednesday that Syria and ‘most’ rebel chiefs have agreed to a truce during this week’s Eidhul Azha holidays, boosting hopes of a significant breakthrough in the 19-month conflict.Syria itself said its army leadership was studying the ...

Government forces shelled the southern outskirts of Syria's capital Friday and soldiers stormed a nearby town, witnesses and a rights group said, as state TV reported a deadly motorbike bombing at a Damascus mosque. The bomb exploded as worshippers left a mosque after Friday prayers in the northern ...

Two powerful explosions that struck Damascus on Thursday were carried out by suicide bombers and killed at least 55 people while wounding another 372, Syria's interior ministry said. The bombers used more than 1,000 kilograms (2,200 pounds) of explosives in their vehicles, the ministry said, cited ...

BEIRUT  - Fierce clashes between rebel troops and Syrian forces rocked a Damascus district bristling with security facilities on Monday, just hours before experts sent by peace envoy Kofi Annan arrived in the capital.The fighting, the heaviest in Damascus since a revolt against President ...

DAMASCUS  - Two huge bomb blasts killed at least 27 people in the heart of the Syrian capital on Saturday, state media said, as international envoy Kofi Annan warned of regional fallout from the year-long bloodshed in Syria.The early morning “terrorist” attacks, apparently car ...

DAMASCUS - Syrian security forces on Sunday flooded a tense neighbourhood where a mourner was shot dead in the largest anti-regime rally seen in Damascus, activists said, blunting calls for a "day of defiance."With protesters more emboldened in Damascus after 11 months of revolt which has largely ...

AMMAN/UNITED NATIONS  - Syrian government forces reasserted control of Damascus suburbs on Tuesday after beating back rebels at the capital's gates as diplomatic pressure mounted on President Bashar al-Assad at the United Nations.Western and Arab diplomats pushed for a UN Security Council ...

DAMASCUS - The European Union prepared on Wednesday to tighten sanctions against Syria over its repression of anti-regime protests, as long-time Damascus ally Moscow warned against punitive measures.The move came as Syria accused Qatar of fuelling the crisis by financing and arming rebels, a day ...

DAMASCUS - The Syrian regime held funerals on Saturday for 26 people killed in a Damascus suicide bombing that it called a "terrorist attack," promising an "iron fist" response to the second such incident in two weeks.The opposition has pointed the finger at the regime itself, as it did after ...

The UN Security Council has strongly condemned Friday’s terrorist attack in the Syrian capital of Damascus that left dozens dead and scores wounded, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.At least 26 people were killed and 63 wounded after a bomb, apparently targeting police, went off at a ...

BEIRUT (Reuters/AFP) - Forty people were killed and 100 wounded in two blasts which struck Damascus on Friday, Syria’s Dunia television channel reported, quoting its correspondent on the scene. Dunia said most of the casualties in the explosions, which struck near security sites in the ...

LAHORE Pakistans junior tennis star Samir Iftikhar went down fighting in the semi-final of the ITF Junior World Ranking Tournament being held in Damascus Syria. He was halted by Tunisian Ben Hasse and went down fighting in three hard fought sets to lose 6-7, 6-4, 4-6. Samir, who had ousted ...

A bomb targeted at a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims near a major Shiite religious shrine in Damascus on Thursday killed at least six people, witnesses said. Body parts are still scattered around the bus, one of the witnesses told Reuters. Several more people were wounded in the explosion in the ...

VIENNA (AFP) - The United States accused Syria on Thursday of obstructing a UN investigation into its nuclear activities, saying the list of questions was growing. "Over one year has passed since the IAEA began investigating Syria's clandestine nuclear activities related to the destroyed reactor at ...

PARIS (AFP) - US President George W Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday jointly urged Syria to break with Iran and bluntly warned that they would not let Tehran obtain nuclear weapons. "Iran getting a nuclear bomb is unacceptable, that's clear. It's an unacceptable threat to ...