United States sharply toughened its line on Syria, promising rebels weapons for the first time, after saying it had evidence regime had used chemical weapons, a charge Damascus dismissed as "lies."
June 14 2013, 9:32 pm
Read MoreSyrian media and opposition activists say a car bomb has exploded in the central city of Homs, causing casualties.
June 8 2013, 6:36 pm
Read MoreSyrian forces on Monday fired heavy machine guns and launched at least one airstrike on a neighbourhood in the central city of Homs that rebels claimed to have seized a day earlier.
March 11 2013, 11:57 pm
Read MoreSyrian troops reseized five towns in central strategic Homs province near the borders with Lebanon and repelled rebels attack against a military airport, killing over 100 militants.
April 21 2013, 4:00 pm
Read MoreUnited Nations launched record $5.2-billion aid appeal for Syria as regime forces sought to capitalise on recent victories over the rebels, sending reinforcements to battlefields Homs and Aleppo.
June 7 2013, 7:59 pm
Read MoreThe Syrian Army likely used chemical weapons during an attack in the city of Homs last month, a State Department cable suggests.
January 16 2013, 11:58 pm
Read MoreThe Assad regime after days of struggle on Sunday managed to get back the captured territory of Homs district from the rebels.
December 30 2012, 9:17 pm
Read MoreSyrian activists say government airstrikes killed at least 20 people as the army presses ahead with its campaign to crush the rebellion against President Bashar Assad.
April 7 2013, 8:18 pm
Read MoreSyrian activists say government troops have killed dozens of people in the central city of Homs.
January 17 2013, 3:56 pm
Read MoreHe becomes the latest in a string of leading military advisers to abandon the government and join the disparate rebels.
December 27 2012, 6:08 pm
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