Beirut/Amman: Syria's opposition accused President Bashar al-Ass­ad's forces of gas­sing hundreds of people – by one report as many as 1,300 – on Wednesday in what would, if confirmed, be the world’s

Syrian authorities denied media reports of an attack on President Bashar al-Assad’s motorcade as he was on his way to a mosque Thursday to attend prayers marking the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday.

Syrian troops attacked rebel positions outside Khan al-Assal on Wednesday as they seek to recapture the northern town at the centre of rival chemical weapons accusations, a watchdog said.

The Pakistani Taliban have set up a base in Syria to assess “the needs of the jihad” and at least 12 of its “experts” in warfare and information technology have visited the strife-torn country, a media report said.

After months of sharp differences, Russia and the United States have agreed to push both sides in Syria to find an end to the bloodshed, offering to hold an international conference in search of peace.

Syrian rebels have made use of the deadly nerve agent sarin in their war-torn country’s conflict, UN human rights investigator Carla del Ponte has said.

A powerful car bomb exploded near the ruling Baath party headquarters in the Syrian capital today, killing at least 31 people, wounding dozens and leaving a trail of destruction, a watchdog said.

Syria threatened today to retaliate for an Israeli airstrike and its ally Iran said the Jewish state will regret the attack.

Syria's state news agency said today that a bomb blast near a school in a Damascus suburb killed 16 people, at least half of them women and children.

New footage posted on the Internet appears to have been filmed by a Syrian rebel who points the camera along the barrel of his gun as he shoots 10 unarmed prisoners.

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