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  • Smoke bellows after a bomb blast in Syria. Picture: AFP.

    Syrian army batters parts of Damascus

    At least 47 people were killed when the Syrian army attacked some parts of Damascus.

    3602 days ago
  • Damascus, Syria. Picture: AFP

    Mass kidnapping in Lebanon

    Saudi Arabia has told citizens to leave Lebanon after a mass kidnapping in retaliation for events in Syria.

    3608 days ago
  • Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Picture: AFP

    Three wounded in Damascus bombing

    No United Nations observers were hurt in a blast in the heart of the Syrian capital.

    3609 days ago
  • Free Syrian Army opposition fighters battle government security forces during the siege of the Shaar district police station in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. Picture: AFP.

    Bomb hits Damascus near UN army sites

    A bomb exploded in Damascus close to several military buildings and a hotel housing UN observers.

    3609 days ago
  • Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Picture: AFP

    US and Turkey plan for Syria

    United States and Turkey said a no fly zone could be a viable option.

    3613 days ago
  • Free Syrian Army opposition fighters battle government security forces during the siege of the Shaar district police station in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. Picture: AFP.

    Rebels use tank on Syrian airbase

    Syrian rebels turned a captured tank against government forces and bombarded a military airbase.

    3622 days ago
  • Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Picture: AFP

    Assad praises troops

    Rebel fighters seized three police stations while fighting the army for control in Aleppo.

    3623 days ago
  • Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Picture: AFP

    Assad forces pound Aleppo

    Bashar al-Assad's government declared victory in a hard-fought battle for Syria's capital Damascus.

    3626 days ago
  • Free Syrian Army opposition fighters battle government security forces during the siege of the Shaar district police station in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. Picture: AFP

    Obama moves to help Syrian rebels

    Obama is moving cautiously toward greater support for Syrian rebels.

    3628 days ago
  • Free Syrian Army opposition fighters battle government security forces during the siege of the Shaar district police station in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. Picture: AFP

    Syrian forces pound Aleppo

    Damascus and Syria's second biggest city, Aleppo, came under shell fire from government forces.

    3629 days ago
  • Syrian troops have driven rebel fighters out of two districts of Damascus a week after the insurgents launched a major assault on the capital.

    SA embassy staff move out of Syria

    Staff at the SA embassy in Damascus have moved to neighbouring countries.

    3633 days ago
  • Rebels seized control of sections of Syria's international borders and torched the main police headquarters in the heart of old Damascus, advancing relentlessly after the assassination of President Bashar al-Assad's closest lieutenants.

    Syrian borders in rebel hands

    Rebels have seized control of sections of Syria international borders and torched the police headquarters.

    3635 days ago
  • Suicide bombing at Damascus security building.

    Assad's brother-in-law dies in bombing

    Syria's interior minister and Bashar Al-assad's brother-in-law were killed in a bombing.

    3637 days ago
  • Syrian rebels said they shot down an army helicopter on Tuesday as they battled government forces backed by air power and artillery in the fiercest fighting to hit Damascus since the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad erupted last year.

    Syria battles for Damascus

    Syrian rebels shot down an army helicopter s they battled government forces backed by air power.

    3637 days ago
  • Government troops used helicopter gunships and artillery to target rebel fighters in Damascus.

    Fighting rages in Syrian capital

    Government troops used helicopter gunships and artillery to target rebel fighters in Damascus.

    3638 days ago
  • Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Picture: AFP

    Syrian forces surround rebels

    Damascus residents said they saw snipers deployed on rooftops.

    3639 days ago
  • A small fire smolders at the site of an attack on the pro-government Al-Ikhbariya satellite television channel's offices outside Damascus, which killed three. Picture: AFP

    Fierce fighting in Damascus

    Opposition fighters battled Syrian government forces in Damascus.

    3640 days ago
  • Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Picture: AFP

    China backs Annan's call

    China and Russia have for the past year blocked efforts to turn the screws on Bashar al-Assad.

    3644 days ago
  • A small fire smolders (L) at the site of an attack on the pro-government Al-Ikhbariya satellite television channel's offices outside Damascus, which killed three staff on June 27, 2012. Picture: AFP

    Syrian army attacks rebels

    Turkey said it had scrambled warplanes after Syrian helicopters flew near its border.

    3652 days ago
  • A small fire smolders (L) at the site of an attack on the pro-government Al-Ikhbariya satellite television channel's offices outside Damascus, which killed three staff on June 27, 2012. Picture: AFP

    Syria helicopters strike Damascus suburb

    A battle to unseat Bashar al-Assad is taking on the character of an all-out civil war.

    3653 days ago
  • Syria

    Blast hits Damascus

    Rebel forces attacked Syria's main court in central Damascus on Thursday.

    3657 days ago
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