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Sectarian killings reported in Syrian village

The bodies of the Syrian boys and young men in jeans and casual shirts were strewn along a blood-stained pavement, dying apparently where they fell. Weeping women moved among the dead, and one of them screamed, "Where are you, people of the village?"

US revisits arming Syrian rebels

The United States is reconsidering its opposition to arming Syrian rebel groups, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said yesterday, as reports emerged of a fresh massacre of up to 50 women and children by government forces in Syria.

Assad accuses West of backing al-Qaeda

Tests point to chemical attack in Syria

Syrian rebels set their sights on strategic south

Syrian rebels have captured a military base in the south and set their sights on seizing control of a strategically important region along the border with Jordan that would give them a critical gateway to attempt an attack on the capital, Damascus.

Kiwi artist barred from re-entering war zone

A Chinese New Zealander who went to Syria to join rebel fighters has been reunited with his wife in the US.

Syria the next 'threat'

Anxious to keep Syria's civil war from spiralling into even worse problems, President Barack Obama said yesterday he worried about the country becoming a haven for extremists when - not if - President Bashar Assad was ousted from power.

IT exec puts up hand for Syria's reins

Rebels want guns but get food and medicine

The United States will give direct assistance to those fighting to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the first time in what was touted as a significant policy shift.

Russia welcomes any offer to give Assad refuge

Syria activists: Airstrikes kill tens near Hama

Wounded presage health crisis for postwar Syria

A baby boy joined the ranks of Syria's tens of thousands of war wounded when a missile fired by Bashar Assad's air force slammed into his family home and shrapnel pierced his skull.

Obama gives Syrian Opposition Council official nod

NZ Army officer detained, released in Syria

A New Zealand Army officer serving as a United Nations military observer was detained and released by armed men in Syria on Monday.

International coalition prepares to train rebels for conflict

Editorial: Stalemate in Syria drawing West towards intervention

Editorial: The situation in Syria is "bad and getting worse", according to a joint statement released yesterday after talks in Geneva between the United States, Russia, the United Nations and the Arab League.

Aleppo - city of ruins

Kiwi on Syrian frontline

A New Zealand man has joined rebels on the frontline of the fight against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and says he is ready to die for the cause.