Syrian civil war News

Turkey’s policy of robust support for the rebel fighters has not only failed to overthrow President Assad or the Syrian government, but it has also had led to a rising threat from extremists linked to Al Qaeda who dominate the Syrian battlefield.

Damascus - A deadly blast hit Hijaz square in central Damascus. According to Syria's state news agency SANA, the blast killed eight and injured 50 others in the Syrian capital.

Geneva - Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN-Arab League envoy to Syria said today (Nov. 5) that the peace talks between the Assad government and rebel groups will not go ahead in November as planned.

Damascus - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has revealed he is open to peace talks, but says they will not become a reality until foreign nations stop supporting the rebel fighters trying to overthrow him.

Amnesty International is urging global support to help Jordan and other countries welcoming people fleeing the civil war in Syria end border restrictions, so that these people may find peaceful, safe homes.

Damascus - After three days of fighting on the Syrian side of the border at the Yaaroubiyeh border crossing Kurdish forces have ousted fighters from Al-Qaeda in Iraq (Islamic State in Iraq and Levant) and also the Jabhat al Nusra Front.

Geneva - The Geneva 2 peace talks on the Syrian civil war are scheduled for late in November but the rebel opposition is becoming more divided with many rebel groups refusing to attend the talks.

In a disturbing report released this week by the Henry Jackson Society, a direct line is drawn between the instability of the Assad regime in Syria and the ability of the Al Qaeda terrorist network to acquire biological weapons.

Damascus - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that Kurdish fighters are engaged in fierce conflict with jihadist fighters in the oil-rich Hasake province of Syria.

Damascus - More rebel groups are rejecting the western-backed Syrian National Coalition and forming separate Islamist groups, some of whom include radical organizations characterized by the west as terrorist or Al Qaeda-linked, making peace talks difficult.