The Syrian army is engaged in a 'crucial and heroic battle,' President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday in a speech published by official media agency SANA on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of

International mediator Kofi Annan said he feared an 'imminent battle' for Syria's biggest city Aleppo.

Syrian opposition sources said helicopters from President Bashar al-Assad's military pounded a r

Fierce fighting erupted in several districts of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday as regime troops tried to storm the rebel-held neighbourhood of Salaheddin, a monitoring group said.

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France on Friday said it feared Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is preparing to carry out a 'slaughter' of his own people in the second city of Aleppo.

"With the build-up of heavy weapons around Ale