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Fighting rages near Damascus, missile hits Raqa: Monitor

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 14:51

Rebels and loyalists clashed on two key fronts near Damascus, as a missile hit Raqa city in northern Syria early today, killing six people and wounding 30, a monitor said.

Eleven dead in mortar fire on Aleppo: Syria state media

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 08:57

Eleven people were killed on Tuesday in mortar fire on a regime-held district of Syria`s northern city of Aleppo, state media reported.

Over 160 killed as rebels battle to break siege of Damascus suburbs

Last Updated: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 19:30

Fierce fighting to the east of Damascus has killed more than 160 people in the past two days as Syrian rebels struggle to break a months-long blockade by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, activists said on Sunday.

Top Assad officials in Moscow to discuss Syria talks

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 14:01

A senior Syrian regime delegation was on Monday in Moscow to hold talks with top Russian diplomats on plans to hold a peace conference in Geneva to end the Syria conflict, the foreign ministry said.

Blast kills 31 Syrian troops: Watchdog

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 10:38

A rebel bomb attack on an army base near Damascus killed 31 Syrian soldiers on Sunday, as loyalist warplanes launched air raids on a town near the border with Lebanon.

Syrian Army fights for road needed to remove chemical weapons

Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 20:06

Syrian forces went on the offensive on Saturday against rebels positioned along a major highway linking the capital with the coast, rebels said, a strategic road that is likely to be used to extract chemical weapons from the country.

Funerals of four slain Syrian children held

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 19:42

Funerals were held for four schoolchildren, who lost their lives a day earlier when a rebel mortar shell struck their minibus in a Christian-dominated district of Syria`s capital Damascus.

Mortar fire kills nine children at Damascus school: TV

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 00:00

Nine children were killed and 27 people wounded when mortar rounds hit a school and a school bus in the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday, state television reported.

Syrian troops retake large parts of key military base

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 19:22

Syrian troops have recaptured "large swathes" of the Brigade 80 military base which was overrun by rebels in February in the northern city of Aleppo, activists said Friday.

Just one Syria chemical site uninspected: Watchdog

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 18:05

Inspectors have verified all but one of Syria`s 23 declared chemical weapons sites, the world`s watchdog said on Thursday, after filming a site that was difficult to access because of the war.

Bomb kills eight in central Damascus square: SANA

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 19:49

A bomb exploded in central Damascus on Wednesday, killing eight people and wounding 50, with women and children among the casualties, Syria`s state news agency SANA said.

Mortar hits near Damascus citadel: Monitor

Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 11:06

A mortar round hit near the ancient citadel in the heart of the Syrian capital today, while fierce clashes raged in several Damascus neighbourhoods, a monitoring group said.