Al-Qaeda is fighting to drive rivals out of areas bordering Turkey and Iraq in a bid to control territory stretching from Iraq into northern Syria.
The Syrian regime’s electronic army is hitting critical Western news organisations with disinformation.
Brics should call for the Syrian government to permit the delivery of humanitarian aid across its borders, including from Turkey, writes Jan Egeland.
The recent unification of Syria’s opposition could curb human rights violations against civilians, but international pressure is still needed.
Nobel Peace laureate Jose Ramos-Horta has warned Syria risks becoming a new Somalia as he voiced pessimism at any quick solution to the bloodshed.
Fighting has erupted in a Damascus suburb and around a Syrian army base as a truce marking a Muslim holiday crumbled almost before it had begun.
International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has warned the Syria conflict risks setting the region "ablaze" as clashes broke out across with Lebanon.
More than 305 people were killed across Syria on Wednesday, making it the bloodiest single day of the 18-month revolt, an NGO has revealed.
Syria’s refugee exodus is growing and up to 200 000 people could settle in Turkey alone if the conflict worsens, adding pressure for a buffer zone.
State television has confirmed a helicopter crashed in Damascus but gave no details as Bashar al-Assad continues to bombard rebel-held districts.
Bashar al-Assad has made a rare public appearance for the end of Ramadan but activists say his forces are pressing on with a blitz of rebel areas.
Syria’s former prime minister Riyad Hijab claims Bashar al-Assad’s regime is on the point of collapse, having lost control of most of the country.
Fears are growing that foreign funding of Syria’s rebels could lead to conflict in Turkey, Lebanon and beyond.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has appeared on television for the first time in more than two weeks as his troops fight rebels in Aleppo.
Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab is the latest to jump ship as defections continue to rattle Bashar al-Assad’s increasingly unstable regime.
Outnumbered and outgunned, anti-regime guerrillas are fighting to stave off an onslaught by Bashar al-Assad’s forces in Aleppo, Syria.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said he was sending an envoy to Syria to assess the situation as government forces and rebels battle for control.
The Russian ambassador to France says he believes Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad will leave power – but only in an orderly fashion.
A suicide bomber has struck at the heart of Syria’s security apparatus, killing the defence minister and President Bashar al-Assad’s brother-in-law.
The Syrian opposition has vowed to confront Bashar al-Assad directly if the UN fails to vote in favour of imposing sanctions upon his regime.
As Damascus sees its heaviest fighting since Syria’s conflict began, reports suggest Al-Assad’s regime is not alone in committing human rights abuses.
Bashar al-Assad says Syrian air defence forces shot down a Turkish fighter last week because they believed it was an Israeli aircraft.
There is no place for President Bashar al-Assad in any future Syrian government, diplomats say, as Russia and China agree to transition plan.
An attack on the main offices of a pro-government satellite TV channel near Damascus has killed three journalists and four security guards.
Syrian rebels have killed at least 25 members of militia loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and troops killed 10 protesters in Aleppo.
Syrian troops have pounded and raided several rebel bastions across the country and clashes erupted in Homs, as two pipelines were attacked.
Two Russian navy ships are completing preparations to sail to Syria with a unit of marines on a mission to protect Russian interest.
Syrian violence killed at least 12 people on Sunday, bringing the death toll of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad to more than 14 100.
President Bashar al-Assad has said that his government is faced with a foreign plot to destroy Syria.
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad is to deliver a speech to the strife-torn country’s new parliament, state television reported.
Syrian forces summarily executed 12 civilians on their way home from work in a fertiliser factory in Qusayr, activists say.
China has reiterated its opposition to military intervention or regime change in Syria, and called again for all sides to support mediation efforts.