Damascus

A committee formed by Libya’s renegade commander Khalifa Haftar visited Syria to meet officials of the Bashar al-Assad regime.According to eastern Benghazi-based Al Marsad online newspaper, the Libyan committee that visited Damascus on…

Fighting broke out east of Damascus between rebel and government forces on Wednesday for the first time since both sides declared a ceasefire at the weekend, a war monitor said, with air strikes also hitting the besieged,…

At least 10 people have been killed by air strikes in the opposition-held Damascus suburb of Ein Tarma, according to a UK-based monitor, Al-Jazeera reported.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said at least two children…

BBC - Rebels have launched a new attack in east Damascus, two days after Syrian government forces repelled an initial assault.A rebel official said they had retaken ground in the Jobar district which they gained on Sunday but then…

BBC - Syrian security forces have engaged in fierce clashes with rebels on the eastern outskirts of Damascus.Artillery shells and rockets landed in the heart of the capital as part of a surprise rebel attack launched in the Jobar…

BBC - Dozens of people have been killed or injured in a suicide bomb attack at the main court complex in the Syrian capital Damascus, state media report.State TV said a militant had blown himself up inside the Palace of Justice in…