Syrian rebels were closing in on Homs after seizing two other major cities in a lightning offensive that has reignited the civil war after more than a decade and thrown the future of President ...

Thousands of people fled the central Syrian city ... country's third largest, as insurgents seized two towns on the outskirts Friday, positioning themselves for an assault on a potentially major ...

Syrian rebels have driven government forces from Hama, a major city that the country’s regime had held over more than a decade of civil war, further weakening President Bashar al-Assad’s grip ...

Thousands of Syrian insurgents took over most of Aleppo on Saturday, establishing positions in the country's largest city and controlling its airport before expanding their shock offensive to a ...

Israel's military entered the buffer zone between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights on Sunday, in a move it said was necessary to defend its border after armed personnel it didn't identify ...

Residents in the Syrian capital were seen cheering ... Homs lies about 140km from the capital and was the third major city seized by the rebels, who began their advance on Nov 27, reigniting ...

Rebels captured Syria's second-largest city, Aleppo, over the weekend and ... President Bashar al-Assad's forces. Airstrikes by Syrian and allied Russian warplanes have killed 56 people in Aleppo ...

The Syrian rebels who led a stunning offensive against the Assad regime in recent days issued a statement that was read on state TV, saying, "Long live Syria, free and proud for all Syrians of all ...