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.

Former Algerian foreign minister Lakhdar Brahimi is to be named as the new United Nations and Arab League peace envoy to Syria in place of Kofi Annan, diplomats said Thursday.

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The Syrian army launched an all-out assault on Aleppo's southwestern district of Salaheddin on Wednesday, and fierce fighting also broke out elsewhere in the northern city.

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Iran on Thursday will host a conference on Syria in a bid to take over the role of brokering peace in its beleaguered Arab ally, replacing Kofi Annan who last week resigned as the UN-Arab envoy in the crisis.

President Bashar al-Assad has appointed Wael al-Halqi as Syria's new Premier, state television reported on Thursday, after his predecessor defected to join a rebellion.

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President Bashar al-Assad vowed on Tuesday to crush the 17-month rebellion against his regime and to cleanse Syria of 'terrorists', as his troops engaged rebels in key battleground city Aleppo.

A bomb blast rocked Syrian state television headquarters in the heart of Damascus wounding several people on Monday just two days after the army said it had seized the last rebel-held area of the capi

Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab has been sacked, state television reported on Monday, and an official source in Amman said he has defected with his family to neighboring Jordan.

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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.

The Syrian army now has all of the capital under its control, a brigadier general on Saturday told journalists visiting the neighbourhood of Tadamun, the scene of heavy fighting earlier in the day.

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