Syria Death Toll Tops 115,000
At least 115,206 people have been killed in Syria's devastating 30-month conflict, says a human rights group.
At least 115,206 people have been killed in Syria's devastating 30-month conflict, says a human rights group.
Explosions rocked several army ammunition depots in Latakia, possibly after they were targeted with rockets.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports Islamist rebels in Aleppo executed a 15-year-old in front of his parents for blasphemy.
More than 94,000 people have been killed in more than two years in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says.
Residents in eastern Lebanon raced for cover on Saturday as the border town of Hermel was hit by shelling from Syria.
Arab media are reporting that rebel forces have shelled the palace of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.
Syrian rebels captured part of the Abu Zhuhoor military air base in northern Idlib on Saturday, and attacked a military airport in Aleppo.
The northern trading city of Aleppo, relatively quiet until recently, has finally been dragged into Syria's growing civil war.
Syrians cautiously went to the polls Sunday to vote on a new constitution that would keep President Assad in office until 2028.
The Syrian government has condemned a decision by the Arab League to pull its monitors from the raging civil war zone.
Four leading anti-government activists were killed Thursday by Assad loyalist forces in an ambush in the northwestern Idlib province.
At least 16 people died Sunday by mid-day in Syria, including two who were tortured by government forces, human rights activists said.
Dozens of Syrian Army soldiers were shot to death Monday as they fled their base in an attempt to desert in the province of Idlib.
Syrians went out to vote in a nationwide municipal election Monday, despite continued violence and a feeling the polls were useless.
Syrian opposition forces call a general strike hoping to hasten the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, despite fears of a bloodbath.
The oil pipeline leading from eastern Syria to the central city of Homs was blown up on Thursday, destroying supplies to the city.
Syria's president accepts monitors to ensure his troops end violence, but only if the Arab League agrees not to enforce its own deal.