Under Mr Assad Syria sank from middle-income status to abject poverty. Women saw branches off trees for heating. Children ...

March 8 (UPI) --More than 1,000 have died since Thursday amid fighting between Syrian government forces and supporters of former President Bashar al-Assad, a monitoring organization announced.

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Fighters linked to Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad mounted a deadly attack ... Bernadette Baum, Mark Heinrich and Daniel Wallis) ...