The resilience of what remains of the sectors of the popular democratic movement against the multiple enemies of freedom and dignity is admirable in this atmosphere of continuous war, the end priority remains to lessen the suffering of the civilian population.

The Assad government said its strikes in Khan Sheikhun hit a weapons depot belonging to rebel forces, a claim dismissed by the UN investigators.

While many international organizations and donors refuse to work in places under the control of Islamic armed factions ... one of the most important tactics to fight extremism is to support civil organizations and initiatives.

The Syrian government says it will begin withdrawing its troops from civilian areas in line with the peace plan drawn by the joint UN and Arab League Special Envoy Kofi Annan. The troop withdrawal is to start in the cities of Daraa, Idlib and Zabadani. A complete troop withdrawal is expected to be completed by April 10, to be followed ...

(Reuters) – Russia said on Wednesday it would veto any U.N. resolution on Syria that it finds unacceptable, after demanding any measure rule out military intervention to halt the bloodshed touched off by protests against President Bashar al-Assad’s rule. The political violence in Syria has killed at least 5,000 people in the past 10 months and activists say Assad’s forces ...