Although South Africa has condemned Israel’s air strikes on Syria, it has been cautious not to trample on the toes of the Middle Eastern country.
The ruling party has condemned the Israeli government, saying that it "can only escalate hostilities in the Middle East".
Israel sought to persuade Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that recent air strikes around Damascus did not aim to weaken him.
VIDEO: Footage by Human Rights Watch in Syria shows the government allegedly blowing up civilian hospitals and bread lines.
Israeli warplanes has struck areas in and around the Syrian capital, setting off a series of explosions as they targeted a shipment of missiles.
Powerful explosions struck the outskirts of Damascus early on Sunday, sending columns of fire into the night sky.
US President Barack Obama has cautioned against a rush to judgment on whether Syria used chemical weapons against its own people.
US President Barack Obama is unlikely to turn to military options quickly and would want allies joining him in any intervention.
The Syrian regime has deployed lethal chemical weapons in recent months, according to Israel’s top military intelligence analyst.
In Syria, for men called each month to join the army, there is a more attractive alternative: stay home and join a loyalist paramilitary group.
The Syrian air force has repeatedly carried out indiscriminate, and in some cases deliberate, air strikes against civilians, says Human Rights Watch.
The leader of an Islamic extremist rebel group in Syria has pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda and its leader for the first time.
For doctors like South African Venessa Naidoo, working in war-torn Syria means providing life-saving treatment to the needy is a daily struggle.
President Bashar al-Assad has urged the Brics nations to help "stop the violence" in Syria and put an end to the suffering of his people.
The Syrian National Coalition’s prime minister will run daily life in large swathes of territory freed from regime control but mired in chaos.
Young boys are being used as human shields; girls married off ‘for their own protection’.
Syria and Iran joined forces on Saturday to condemn moves by Western powers to aid rebels fighting against President Bashar al-Assad.
Iran has said that Bashar al-Assad will take part in Syria’s elections next year and that the people will choose whomever they want as their leader.
A ferocious battle on the outskirts of the city of Raqa has killed dozens of Syria’s troops and rebel fighters, a watchdog has reported.
Syria has condemned Israeli drilling for oil in the occupied Golan Heights as a "flagrant violation" of UN Security Council resolutions.
The US will increase aid to Syrians and the Syrian opposition in an effort to speed a political transition in Syria, says a White House spokesperson.
A car bomb has killed 53 people and wounded 200 in central Damascus when it blew up on a busy highway close to ruling Baath Party offices.
A car bomb shook the centre of Damascus, killing several people and incinerating cars on a busy highway close to offices of the ruling Baath party.
Mediator Lakhdar Brahimi called on Sunday for talks between the Syrian opposition and an "acceptable delegation" from the Damascus government.
The top priority is bringing an end to the slaughter. But we must ensure that, after Assad, revenge does not lead to abuses, writes Kenneth Roth.
The Syrian opposition leader met the foreign ministers of Russia and Iran on Saturday, opening a window to a possible breakthrough.
Syrian opposition leader met Russia’s foreign minister, opening a window to a possible breakthrough in efforts to broker an end to Syria’s civil war.
Syria has threatened to retaliate what it says was an Israeli raid as its allies denied a strike that threatened to take the fight beyond its borders.
Rebels have recovered at least 108 bodies from a canal in the war-ravaged city of Aleppo, Syria and say more are yet to be dragged from the water.
More than 20 people were killed in Homs on Saturday, a doctor said, as fighting raged around a road junction on a supply line to government forces.
Britain has now pledged hundreds of millions of rands worth of humanitarian aid to help stop what it calls an escalating humanitarian crisis in Syria.
Syrian forces used non-lethal chemical weapons against rebels in the town of Homs in late December, Le Monde has claimed.