Syria

March 18, 2013

A Syrian rebel aims his weapon as he takes position behind a makeshift barricade during clashes with regime forces in the Salaheddine district of Aleppo in northern Syria on Saturday. (Photo: AFP / JM LOPEZ)
05:07 GMT

Twelve candidates are running for interim prime minister of a government to rule rebel-controlled areas in Syria.

March 17, 2013

The capture of the arms depots was confirmed by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights watchdog. (Photo: AFP /JM LOPEZ)
15:04 GMT

Syrian rebels have seized several weapons depots in the village of Khan Toman in Aleppo province after days of fierce clashes, a military source told AFP on Sunday.

George Wassouf
09:07 GMT

The unashamedly pro-Assad Syrian star says he is finally on the mend and making a trip to his house in Beirut to visit his wife and kids.

Syrian government forces deploy themselves in the streets of Syria's second city Aleppo. (AFP PHOTO / STR)
05:23 GMT

A Syrian army general and his son, a captain, reportedly defect to the opposition.

March 16, 2013

Syrian men dance and chant revolutionary slogans during the commemoration of the second anniversary of the Syrian conflict, in Bustan al-Qasr district of Aleppo. (AFP PHOTO/JM LOPEZ)
09:50 GMT

According to reports by the LA Times, the CIA is collecting information on Islamic radicals fighting for the opposition in Syria.

March 15, 2013

Lebanese security forces and civilians inspect the scene of a bus crash, killing and wounding several people, in the town of Kahaleh, ten kilometres east of Beirut on March 15, 2013, that was carrying Syrian refugees upon their arrival from Syria to Lebanon. (AFP PHOTO/ ANWAR AMRO)
09:15 GMT

The Syrian foreign minister contacts his counterpart in Lebanon to inform them that their restraint will "not last indefinitely".

Raghda
05:00 GMT

The Syrian actress, who accused the FSA of taking her father hostage, says she's received a demand for cash.

French President Francois Hollande attends a press conference at the EU Headquarters on Thursday in Brussels. (AFP PHOTO / BERTRAND LANGLOIS)
04:35 GMT

The French president calls for the embargo against sending arms to the Syrian opposition to be lifted.

March 14, 2013

Many of the Syrian refugees in Jordan haven’t registered in a camp at all and would rather take their chances in the big city. But without any support from NGOs and minimal assistance from the Jordanian government, they face a tough future. (Photo UNHCR/ B. Sokol)
15:13 GMT

Two years on from the Syria's Dara'a spark, we mark the anniversary of revolution with a look at the human casualty of a country torn apart - the refugee. Where are these survivors of the bloody conflict now? A look at the Syrian people displaced internally and in neighboring Arab countries from Jordan to Iraq.

Asala Nasri
11:49 GMT

The Syrian star, who said she would never set foot in the mediterranean nation, has agreed to make a special appearance on the hit talent show.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague (L) and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov (R) hold a joint press conference at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. (AFP PHOTO/POOL/OLI SCARFF)
08:26 GMT

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warns that giving weapons to the opposition fighters would breach international law after Europe looks set to arm the rebels.

March 13, 2013

Residents investigate the damage after an alleged shelling attack in Damascus on August 8 2012 (AFP Photo)
14:31 GMT

A member of the EU's Syria delegation has been killed in a Damascus rocket attack.

Rasha Sharbatji celebrates her wedding in Dubai with Suzan Najm Al Din
13:43 GMT

Rasha Sharbatji gets on her glamor and gown to celebrate her marriage to her very own military man in Dubai.

Trade between Jordan and Syria has come to a standstill against the backdrop of escalating violence in southern Syria (Image Jordan Times)
11:25 GMT

The ongoing violence in Syria has cripples the country's economy, with agricultural imports from Jordan being frozen after the border was closed on Tuesday.

The Syrian conflict is affecting two million children inside the country, a new report shows
08:45 GMT

Two million children trapped inside Syria are innocent victims of a bloody conflict now entering its third year, a report from the NGO Save the Children released on Wednesday said.