Syrian Opposition Claims 60 Killed Ahead of Annan Visit | Rebels condemn Annan’s call for talks

Some voices in the Syrian opposition have angrily rejected estimates by Kofi Annan, the UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, that international use of force against the Assad regime would worsen the situation and escalate the conflict. One opposition leader, Burhan...

An Iranian official has accused Arab countries of sending mercenaries to Syria to provoke further unrest and foil any chance of a negotiated settlement to end the brutal crackdown led by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Ali Ahani, Iran's ambassador to France told...

Syrian Opposition Claims ‘New Massacre’ in Homs | Says 44 slain in ‘reprisal killings’

A senior official in Syria's Oil Ministry announced in a video message on Thursday that he was abandoning the regime of Bashar al-Assad, in what appeared to be the highest-level defection of a government official since the start of the violence in Syria. Abdu...

Special operations forces from the U.S. and its allies have been on the ground in Syria since at least December, according to confidential emails from the private intelligence firm Stratfor that were released by WikiLeaks. An analyst from Stratfor claimed in December...

The Obama administration has retreated from its initial refusal to stay out of the conflict in Syria by agreeing this week to provide direct humanitarian and communications assistance to the Syrian opposition. While the change in policy did not go as far as providing...