Hundreds of international fighters have flocked to Syria to join the war against Bashar al-Assad’s government, most of them ill-equipped.

A fourth member of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s inner circle has died from a bomb attack this week as rebels converge on the capital.

The assassination of the regime’s top military strategists has led to mass defections from the Syrian army, writes Martin Chulov.

The Syrian opposition has vowed to confront Bashar al-Assad directly if the UN fails to vote in favour of imposing sanctions upon his regime.

Efforts to build on a Syrian ceasefire are accelerating with plans to deploy UN observers being drawn up to keep up pressure on Bashar al-Assad.

Syrian forces have fired into Turkey, hitting a refugee camp amid mounting international concern hours before a UN deadline to end the crisis.

Syria’s acceptance of a plan to end that country’s bloody crisis has sparked sceptical responses and concern that Bashar al-Assad is buying time.

Human Rights Watch says armed opposition groups in Syria have kidnapped, tortured and executed supporters of President Bashar al-Assad.

The bodies of 47 women and children have been found in the Syria’s Homs, where security forces have been fighting raging battles against armed rebels.

The Responsibility to Protect doctrine is in danger of being deemed useless as thousands of Syrian civilians continue to die at the state’s hands.

How peace-loving Syrians finally took up arms against the regime and fought back.

Syria will hold a referendum on a draft Constitution on February 26 that limits the presidency to two seven-year terms and allows multiple parties.

President Bashar al-Assad has renewed a pledge of reforms as Syria threatened retaliation if countries recognised an opposition bloc.

Syrian security forces killed two mourners and wounded several others when they fired on the funeral of a murdered Kurdish opposition figure.

Bashar al-Assad’s opponents have taken a step toward unity by forming a national council to represent Syria’s uprising but have a long way to go.