Syria
Obama: U.S. now recognizes Syrian opposition coalition
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama granted U.S. recognition on Tuesday to a Syrian opposition coalition as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people, a move aimed at ratcheting up pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to leave power.
Big powers meet as Syria rebels move closer to Assad
MARRAKECH, Morocco - Major powers are set to give Syria's opposition full political recognition on Wednesday but not the weapons that rebel fighters need to counter President Bashar al-Assad's superior firepower as they gain ground across the country. | Video
Syrian Alawite village attacked, rebels fight around capital
BEIRUT - Up to 200 members of President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority were injured or killed in an attack on their central Syrian village on Tuesday, activists said, while to the south rebels and state forces battled for the outskirts of Damascus. | Video
Up to 200 hurt in attack on Syrian Alawite village: activists
BEIRUT - An attack on a Syrian village on Tuesday killed or injured as many as 200 members of President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority sect, activists said, but it was unclear who was behind the assault.
Up to 200 hurt in attack on Syrian Alawite village: activists
BEIRUT - An attack on a Syrian village on Tuesday killed or injured as many as 200 members of President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority sect, activists said, but it was unclear who was behind the assault.
Rebel general pledges civilians to run new Syria
BEIRUT - Syria's rebel generals pledge not to seek power for themselves but will support a civilian transitional government if they depose President Bashar al-Assad, the head of a newly established military command told Reuters.
U.S. blacklists al Qaeda-linked Syrian rebel group
WASHINGTON - The United States on Tuesday designated the radical Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra, an important fighting force in the opposition struggle, as a foreign terrorist organization and said it was trying to hijack the rebellion on behalf of al Qaeda in Iraq.
U.S. says intelligence signals no new Syria steps on chemical weapons
KUWAIT - United States intelligence agencies have detected no new moves by the Syrian government in recent days that would indicate it was preparing to use chemical weapons against rebel forces, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Tuesday.
Russia rejects U.S. pressure to seek Assad's exit: report
MOSCOW - Russia has resisted the most recent U.S. appeals to Moscow to persuade Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to quit and threaten Damascus with sanctions in hopes of ending Syria's civil war, the Russian newspaper Kommersant reported on Tuesday.
Syrian refugee numbers top 500,000: UNHCR
GENEVA - More than half a million Syrian refugees are now registered or are waiting to in other Middle Eastern countries, with about 3,000 new people seeking refugee status and assistance daily, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday.
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