Syria's army and main rebel force said they will cease fire on Friday, in line with an internationally backed truce during a Muslim holiday, but both reserved the right to respond to any aggression.

The Syrian government and a number of rebel leaders have agreed to a ceasefire during this week's Muslim Eid holiday, international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said in Cairo on Wednesday.

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Hiding under the seat of the bus that was on its way to Syria's Aleppo city when it came under attack, she sent one last SMS to her father, reminding him how much she loved her family. Soon after, 18-

At least 111 armed men were killed Saturday during clashes with the Syrian troops in Aleppo and the coastal Latakia cities, Xinhua reported.

According to the pro-government Sham FM radio, the Syrian

Turkey scrambled a fighter jet on Friday after a Syrian helicopter shelled the Syrian town of Azmarin near their common border, an official said.

"The fighter jet took off from Diyarbakir base in th

Warplanes pounded rebel-held areas of Homs in the Syrian city's heaviest onslaught for months on Friday, monitors said, as Turkey reportedly returned cross-border shellfire for the second time this we

Turkish artillery hit targets inside Syria on Wednesday after a mortar bomb fired from Syrian territory killed five Turkish civilians, while NATO called for an immediate end to Syria's 'aggressive act

At least 40 people were killed and 90 wounded, most of them soldiers, when three car bombs struck the heart of Syria's second city Aleppo on Wednesday, a monitoring group said.

"A medical source said

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

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem accused some U.N. Security Council members Monday of supporting 'terrorism' in a speech colored by conspiratorial undertones that clearly aimed at the United S