France stayed mum on giving military aid to armed Syrian rebels after President Franois Hollande met the leaders of the rebel Syrian National Coalition (SNC) and the Free Syrian Army (FSA). Hollande again declared Frances political and humanitarian support for the SNC after meeting its new leader Ahmad Jarba and FSA chief General Selim Idriss ...

[caption id="attachment_59283" align="alignright" width="180"] Foreign-backed militants operating in Syria (file photo)[/caption] (Reuters) - The commander of the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) said on Tuesday his group would not join a planned peace conference in Switzerland in January and would pursue its fight to topple President Bashar al-Assad ...

The so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) in Syria has rejected a proposal by Russia to place Syrias chemical weapons under international control. FSA military commander General Selim Idriss made the announcement in a video message posted on YouTube on Thursday. The Free Syrian Army announces its categorical rejection of the Russian initiative that ...

(Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council will hold an informal meeting with members of the opposition Syrian National Coalition this week, Britain's U.N. envoy said on Tuesday, but the chief rebel commander will not attend due to the situation insideSyria. The meeting will take place on Friday and include political and military representatives of the ...