Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 08:12
The United Nations urged Lebanon`s feuding factions to refrain from getting involved in Syria`s crisis after a suicide car bomb left at least four people dead near the border.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 22:56
The jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has retaken the Syrian city of Raqa, a monitoring group said on Tuesday.
Last Updated: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 19:30
Fierce fighting to the east of Damascus has killed more than 160 people in the past two days as Syrian rebels struggle to break a months-long blockade by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, activists said on Sunday.
Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 18:17
Syrian rebels, including from the al Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front, have seized a key eastern oil field, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 12:10
After days of fighting, the Kurdish fighters on Saturday managed to capture key Yaaroubiyeh post in the war-torn country, a Syrian activist group has claimed.
Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 09:31
Syrian state-run TV has reported the leader of a powerful al Qaeda-linked rebel group has been killed a claim that if confirmed would be a huge blow to fighters trying to topple President Bashar Assad. At least one rebel commander denied the report.
Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 09:10
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), Al-Qaeda`s Iraqi branch which has expanded into Syria, has clashed with other rebel groups elsewhere in the country in recent days.
Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 21:18
At least 29 people have been killed in fighting between Kurdish and jihadist fighters in northern Syria in the past two days, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday.
Last Updated: Thursday, April 11, 2013, 18:41
Damascus regime has "wilfully" killed thousands of civilians in air strikes that amount to war crimes, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday, as rebels lobbied the major powers for weapons.
Last Updated: Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 18:09
The head of Syria`s jihadist Al-Nusra Front pledged allegiance to al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri on Wednesday, but distanced his group from claims it had merged with al Qaeda in Iraq.
Last Updated: Monday, March 18, 2013, 11:22
A prominent Islamic group fighting the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been placed on its terrorist blacklist by the Australian government.
Last Updated: Monday, June 11, 2012, 14:27
The al Qaeda is taking advantage of the civil war in Syria and is gaining a foothold in the war-torn country.
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