Three car bombs tore into the heart of Aleppo on Wednesday, killing at least 40 people and wounding 90, mostly soldiers, a watchdog said, as television broadcast scenes of devastation in Syria's comme

More than 300 people were killed in Syria on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, in one of the bloodiest days in the 18-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

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A female Japanese reporter has been killed after being caught in gunfire while covering clashes in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, the Japanese foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

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UN observers wind up their mission in Syria on Sunday, after Damascus denied opposition claims that top regime official Vice-President Faruq al-Shara had defected as its armed forces pounded rebels in

Syria's former Pime Minister, who defected last week, said on Tuesday that the regime was collapsing and now only controlled about a third of the conflict-wracked country.

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The United States and Turkey indicated they were studying a range of possible measures over Syria, including a no-fly zone, as battles between rebels and President Bashar al-Assad's forces shook Aleppo and the heart of Damascus.

Fighting broke out between Jordanian and Syrian forces in a border region between the two countries overnight, but a Jordanian source said on Saturday no one on Jordan's side appeared to have been killed.

Syrian forces threatened on Sunday to mount a 'decisive battle' for Aleppo even as rebels clawed toward the city's ancient center under intense bombardment and strafing from warplanes.

At least 13 people were killed across Syria on Saturday as fierce fighting raged in Aleppo and Damascus, the country's two biggest cities, a rights group said.

Overnight in Aleppo, rebel forces withd

Syrian opposition fighters in the besieged city of Aleppo have 'tanks' and 'heavy weapons', the UN spokesman said on Wednesday.

International pressure must be put on the Syrian opposition, as well a