Syrian troops backed by armored vehicles on Sunday shot dead seven civilians when they overran a rebellious Sunni Muslim village west of the city of Hama, an activists’ organization said.

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7 Killed as Syrian Troops Seize Sunni Village

Two Turkish journalists taken hostage in Syria in early March and detained for two months are on their way home, following a release mediated by Iran.

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VIDEO: Syria releases Turkish journalists

A video from a shadowy Islamist group, al-Nusra, says it carried out bomb attacks in the Syrian capital Damascus which killed 55 on Thursday.

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Islamists claim Damascus blasts

Killed 55 in Syria this week.

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Militants Claim Suicide Bombings

Russia condemned the massive bombings that killed dozens in Syria and accused outside nations of instigating violence to heighten the 14-month uprising that has left thousands dead.

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Russia condemns deadly Syria blasts

The UN Security Council condemns bomb attacks which killed at least 55 people near an intelligence complex in the Syrian capital, Damascus.

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UN condemns Syria bomb attacks

THE OBAMA administration has reached an ignominious impasse on Syria. Administration spokesmen now publicly recognize that the United Nations diplomatic initiative it has backed for the past seven weeks has been a failure . They acknowledge — as they should have long ago — that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has no intention of ending violence against his opposition, or meeting any other condition of the “Annan plan.” Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: A shameful impasse on Syria

BEIRUT — Two explosions ripped through a southern Damascus neighborhood on Thursday, Syrian state media reported, killing at least 55 people and wounding more than 170 in the deadliest bombing attack yet in the capital. Read full article > >

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Twin bombings kill at least 55 in Syrian capital

At least 40 people are killed by two deadly explosions in Syria’s capital, Damascus, in a district said to house a military intelligence complex, amid continuing unrest.

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Dozens killed in Damascus blasts

Near Syrian intelligence headquarters.

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Twin Damascus Blasts Kill 40

The BBC’s Lyse Doucet has travelled with UN observers to the devastated city of Homs, which has been at the centre of the heaviest fighting since the uprising began in Syria 14 months ago.

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VIDEO: Inside Syria’s ‘ghost town’

MOUNT BEN-TAL, Golan Heights — Tourists who visit this old military observation point in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights gaze down on the lush flatlands of southern Syria, and they are told that they are looking at what has been Israel’s most serene frontier for four decades. Read full article > >

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Syrian conflict sends ripples across a long-calm frontier with Israel

While opposition groups are mostly concentrating on ending the rule of President Bashar al-Assad, they are also positioning themselves for the question of who will rule after he is gone.

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From Abroad, Trying to Mold a Post-Assad Syria

Western hopes for salvaging a nearly four-week-old cease-fire in Syria have all but evaporated, as new assessments raise fresh doubts about the prospects for the U.N.-brokered accord and the chances for removing the country’s repressive leadership in the near term, diplomats and intelligence officials say. Read full article > >

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Syrian cease-fire violations deepen gloom over options for ousting Assad

At least five people are killed in an explosion targeting a bus in a suburb of Syria’s second city Aleppo, according to activists.

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‘Five killed’ in Aleppo explosion