December 3, 2015 Syrian government, rebels agree to ceasefire in battleground city of Homs Syria's government and rebels agreed to a ceasefire Friday in the battleground city of Homs to allow hundreds of fighters holed up in its old quarters to evacuate, a move that would surrender almost total control of the city once known as the "capital of the revolution" to forces loyal to President Bashar Assad.
December 3, 2015 Possibility of US strike in Syria sparks global protests Protesters around the world took to the streets to protest Saturday for and against a possible U.S.-led attack on Syria, as President Barack Obama announced he would seek congressional approval for such a move.
December 3, 2015 Syria becoming magnet for young French Muslims Two high school classmates, both French Muslims, headed off to Syria this month instead of going to school. They were located, brought home -- one fetched by his father -- and are now being investigated on terrorism-linked charges.
December 3, 2015 Activists say 27 killed after Syrian warplane crashes on bombing run Government air raids in a northwestern town in Syria and a subsequent crash by a Syrian warplane that slammed into a residential area there killed at least 27 people on Monday, activists said.
December 3, 2015 Mortar hits Assad gathering in Syria, killing at least 21 A mortar shell struck a large tent in southern Syria where supporters of President Bashar Assad had gathered for election campaigning, killing at least 21 people and wounding scores, opposition activists said Friday.
December 3, 2015 UN probe claims 8 massacres by Assad forces, 1 by Syrian rebels Evidence confirms at least eight massacres have been perpetrated in Syria by President Bashar Assad's regime and supporters and one by rebels over the past year and a half, a U.N. commission said Wednesday.
December 3, 2015 Syrian forces, Islamic militants encircling key rebel city of Aleppo Syrian rebels could suffer their biggest setback of the war as government troops and Islamic militants are encircling the key northwestern city of Aleppo.
December 3, 2015 Would a strike on Syria benefit Al Qaeda? Amid approval by a Senate panel Wednesday to give President Obama authority to use force against Syria, new questions are rising over who would gain from a strike against the embattled Assad regime.
December 3, 2015 Nearly 500 dead in clashes between rebel groups in Syria, activists say Fighting between an al Qaeda-linked group and a loose alliance of more moderate and ultraconservative rebel brigades has killed nearly 500 people over the past week in northern Syria, an activist group said Friday.
December 3, 2015 Albania rejects request to destroy Syrian chemical weapons Albania on Friday rejected a request from the United States for the tiny impoverished Balkan nation to host the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, a major blow to international efforts to destroy the arsenal by mid-2014.
