Western and Arab nations ratcheted up pressure on Syria's Bashar al-Assad as the Red Cross said it had finally gained access to a besieged area of the city of Homs to begin evacuating casualties Frida

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces rained rockets and bombs down on opposition-held neighborhoods of the city of Homs, reducing buildings to rubble and killing more than 80 people, including tw

At least 26 civilians were killed in Syria on Friday as tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to demand President Bashar al-Assad's ouster, a watchdog said.

"The toll of martyrs from

The United Nations General Assembly will vote on Thursday on a new resolution calling on Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to put a stop to deadly attacks on civilians, diplomats said.

The resolution

Anti-government activists in Syria are now removing President Bashar al-Assad from the world map - literally.

The Washington Post reported that groups are using 'a Google crowd-sourcing program, Map

Twin car bombs targeting security posts in Syria's second city of Aleppo killed at least 28 people, state media said, with the rebels accusing the regime of launching the attacks as a diversion.

The

After projecting herself as a caring, human rights activist whose heart bled for victims of violence, Syria’s glamorous First Lady Asma, who met her husband while she was holidaying in Syria, has made

The Arab League and United Nations may send a joint observer mission to Syria where the government's deadly crackdown could worsen, UN leader Ban Ki-moon said here on Wednesday.

Ban launched the idea

Armoured forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad thrust deeper into the central city of Homs on Wednesday, firing rockets and mortar rounds to subdue opposition districts, activists said, a day afte

Western and Arab powers have reacted angrily to Russia and China's veto of a Security Council resolution on the Syria crisis, but Moscow and Beijing insisted the text had needed more work.

Russia, a