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Syria regime unleashes artillery barrage on Qusair

BEIRUT: Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad unleashed on Saturday their heaviest artillery and rocket barrage in a week-long battle to dislodge rebels from

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Aid group: Syrian refugees face dire health risks

BEIRUT: An international aid organization is appealing for more funds to help Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan, saying warmer weather will increase health risks due to lack of shelter, water and basic sanitation. Oxfam says it needs

U.S., Russia push for rapid talks to end Syria carnage

MOSCOW/BEIRUT: Russia and the United States agreed to bury their differences over Syria and to try to convene international talks with both sides in the civil war to end the

Israeli airstrikes on Syria prompt threats, anger

BEIRUT: Israel rushed to beef up its rocket defenses on its northern border Sunday to shield against possible retaliation after carrying out two airstrikes in Syria over 48 hours —

Syria says Israel strikes military research center

BEIRUT: The Syrian state news agency SANA, citing initial reports, says Israeli missiles have targeted a military research centernear the capital Damascus. A Syrian activist group, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory

Officials: Israel launches airstrike into Syria

WASHINGTON: Israel launched an airstrike into Syria, apparently targeting a suspected weapons site, U.S. officials said Friday night. The strike occurred overnight Thursday into Friday, the officials told The Associated

Activists say dozens killed in Syrian village

BEIRUT: Syrian troops backed by pro-government gunmen swept into a Sunni village in the mountains near the Mediterranean coast on Thursday, killing dozens of people, including women and children, and

Syrian president showing renewed confidence

BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar Assad and his allies are showing renewed confidence that the momentum in the civil war is shifting in their favor, due in part to the rapid

Crossing Obama’s “red line” on Syria will require concrete proof

WASHINGTON/RIYADH (Reuters) – While President Barack Obama has declared a “red line” over Syrian use of chemical weapons, U.S. officials suggested on Tuesday that Washington was unlikely to respond without

Syria, North Korea top G8 meeting in London

LONDON: Western and Middle Eastern nations trying to help the Syrian opposition in its war against President Bashar al-Assad will meet in Turkey on April 20, a U.S. official said