A sudden flare-up in the more than decade-old civil war in Syria has drawn international appeals for de-escalation. Read more ...

At least 27 people have been killed near the Syrian city of Hama as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad try to beat ...

Islamist-led rebels are pressing a major offensive in northern Syria in which they seized the second city Aleppo from the government for the first time since civil war erupted in 2011.