The latest number is in addition to the more than 100,000 people who went missing under the ousted President Bashar al-Assad.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Syrian anti government fighters celebrate as they pour into the captured central-west city ...

The rebel forces' entrance into Hama comes less than a week after they seized the historic merchant city of Aleppo, Syria's second-most populous center. For so long a symbol of the Assad family's ...

Syrian opposition fighters passed a damaged government vehicle south of Hama, Syria, on Saturday. (Ghaith Alsayed/AP) As disparate rebel forces moved through Syria, they met with little resistance ...

BEIRUT (AP) — A new video appears to show Syrian rebels killing a group of captured soldiers, drawing condemnations from human rights groups who warned on Friday that the gunmen may have committed a ...

Syrian rebels are advancing on Hama after capturing Aleppo, the country’s second-largest city. They’re challenging President Assad. Russia has joined the regime in counterstrikes. Madeleine Brand Host ...

BEIRUT Syrian rebels and fighters from the al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front have captured the only functioning border crossing with Jordan and three nearby military posts, prompting intense government ...

The Syrian government has fallen in a stunning end to the 50-year iron-fist rule of the Assad family in the wake of a rapid rebel offensive. Syrian opposition forces declared victory over President ...