WASHINGTON: The United States is helping bring more and better weapons to Syria’s rebels, including anti-tank weaponry, for their fight against President Bashar al-Assad regime, The Washington Post said today. President Barack Obama’s administration insisted it was not directly supplying the weapons or providing funding, with Gulf states paying for the new arms, the Post [...]

By Karen DeYoung and Liz Sly Syrian rebels battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad have begun receiving significantly more and better weapons in recent weeks, an effort paid for by Persian Gulf nations and coordinated in part by the United States, according to opposition activists and U.S. and foreign officials. For more on this [...]

DAMASCUS, May 12 (Reuters) – Syria accused the United States and Western countries on Saturday of colluding with al Qaeda-linked militants to target the country, in the wake of a string of explosions in Damascus and Aleppo the government has blamed on foreign-backed fighters. “Western countries and the United States, which made alliances to wage [...]

ISTANBUL — After three decades of persecution that virtually eradicated its presence, the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood has resurrected itself to become the dominant group in the fragmented opposition movement pursuing a 14-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. Exiled Brotherhood members and their supporters hold the biggest number of seats in the Syrian National Council, the [...]

Diplomats Fault Syrian Govt for Getting Itself Bombed by Jason Ditz A massive bombing tears through the capital city of a major nation, destroying a massive government building and killing scores of innocent civilians nearby. Hundreds of others are wounded, some gravely. Virtually anywhere else on the planet, such a bombing would create a wellspring [...]

Assad regime points finger at opposition fighters, who in turn claim attacks were carried out by government troops The question of who was behind the latest grim images from Syria – of bomb craters, blast-damaged buildings, burned-out vehicles charred corpses and body parts – was being asked even before the smoke had cleared. Syrian state [...]

The international peace plan for Syria is nearly a month old, and signs are pointing to a conflict that is becoming even more entrenched. In the latest blow, two massive explosions rocked the outskirts of Syria’s capital, Damascus, on Thursday, killing at least 55 people and injuring hundreds more. The peace plan, sponsored by the [...]

Following a terror attack that left at least 55 people dead in Damascus, the UN increased the number of observers in Syria to 157 on Thursday. But journalist Patrick Hayes told RT that the UN “intervention” is only distorting the conflict. ­Twin blasts near a military intelligence building in Damascus left at least 55 people [...]

May 10 (Reuters) – International mediator Kofi Annan condemned deadly twin bomb explosions in Damascus on Thursday and called on Syrian forces and rebel fighters to halt the bloodshed in line with an agreed month-old ceasefire. Annan, joint special envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League, is struggling to keep alive his six-point [...]

The Syrian people are preparing to cast their votes in Monday`s parliamentary elections, which will be held under the new constitution stipulating a multi-party system in the country. More than 7,000 candidates from 12 political parties, including the ruling Baath Party, will compete for the 250 seats in the parliament. Under the new constitution more [...]