WASHINGTON - US intelligence analysts have concluded that Syria deployed chemical weapons in its fight against rebels, crossing a red line, the White House said late on Thursday.A statement issued by Ben Rhodes, deputy national security adviser for strategic communications, said 100-150 people were ...

DAMASCUS -Syrian troops and their Hezbollah allies tightened the noose on the strategic town of Qusayr on Friday, as the rebels said hundreds of fighters had broken through army lines to join the battle.President Bashar al-Assad, meanwhile, said he was "very confident" of victory in Syria's ...

DAMASCUS The rebel Free Syrian Army pledged Wednesday to punish atrocities amid outrage over a video showing the mutilation of a corpse, as the regime ruled out discussing President Bashar al-Assad’s departure in negotiations.Syria’s Internet, meanwhile, was down for the second time in ...

BEIRUT AFP/Reuters Syrian forces were on Thursday tightening the noose on rebels holed up in a key area of the central city of Homs, the Observatory for Human rights watchdog said.“The Syrian army, supported by back-up forces and expert officers from Iran and Hezbollah, has taken control of ...

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 - Insurgents fired mortar rounds at one of President Bashar al-Assad's palaces in the Syrian capital on Tuesday, as the death toll mounted from a devastating missile strike on second city Aleppo.The shelling, which was claimed by the rebel Free Syrian Army, came as dozens of Russians left ...

DAMASCUS (AFP/Reuters) - Rebels pressed an offensive in northern Syria on Saturday, attacking Aleppo airport and two airbases, as a rights watchdog and residents reported hundreds of people held in a string of sectarian kidnappings.Regime troops fended off fierce rebel onslaughts around Aleppo ...

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev slammed as "unacceptable" the recognition and support by France and other states of the Syrian opposition battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad."From the point of view of international law, this is absolutely unacceptable," Medvedev told Agence ...