DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's state-run TV says President Bashar Assad has pardoned an unspecified number of criminals ahead of the country's national holiday.
Syrian TV: Assad decrees amnesty for criminals
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's state-run TV says President Bashar Assad has pardoned an unspecified number of criminals ahead of the country's national holiday.
Syrian TV: Assad decrees amnesty for criminals
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's state-run TV says President Bashar Assad has pardoned an unspecified number of criminals ahead of the country's national holiday.
Syrian militant group unites with al-Qaida in Iraq
BEIRUT (AP) — Al-Qaida's branch in Iraq and the most powerful rebel extremist group in Syria have officially joined ranks against President Bashar Assad to forge a potentially formidable militant force in the Middle East.
Officials: Arms shipments rise to Syrian rebels
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Mideast powers opposed to President Bashar Assad have dramatically stepped up weapons supplies to Syrian rebels in coordination with the U.S. in preparation for a push on the capital of Damascus, officials and Western military experts said Wednesday.
Rebels seize air defense base in southern Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels on Saturday seized a major air defense base in a strategic region in the south near the Jordanian border, the latest battlefield triumph for fighters seeking to topple President Bashar Assad, activists said.
Syrian opposition meets to form interim government
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — Members of Syria’s main opposition group are meeting in Turkey to form a rival government to President Bashar Assad’s regime.
State media: Hundreds of jihadi fighters in Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state media says hundreds of foreign "jihadist" fighters have infiltrated the country in the past two years to join with rebels trying to topple President Bashar Assad.
Syrian rebel chief: Fighters ‘will not give up’
BEIRUT (AP) — The chief of Syria's main, Western-backed rebel group marked the second anniversary of the start of the uprising against President Bashar Assad on Friday by pledging to fight until the "criminal" regime is gone.
Syrian rebel chief: ‘We will not give up’
BRUSSELS (AP) — The chief of Syria's main, Western-backed rebel group marked the second anniversary of the start of the uprising against President Bashar Assad on Friday by pledging to fight until the "criminal" regime is gone.