Many Kurds in Syria are thought to be fighting with Assad, but their counterparts in Turkey are largely staying out of the fight even if their government is not.

Isolated at global summit, Russia's Putin clashed with other leaders, resisting their attempts to get him to agree to anything that would imply Assad should step down.

Rather than scrounging for replacement troops, the UN should ask why Israel should have any faith in the peacekeeping that has failed to protect it so many times in the past.

Russia said on sidelines of G-8 that it would prevent no-fly zone in Syria, to which U.S. said such option not on table at NATO.

Sources in Cairo tell Haaretz that an on-going meeting of the Hamas political bureau in Cairo is due to internal differences of opinion within Hamas regarding the crisis in Syria.

Embattled Syrian president tells German newspaper that Europe's 'backyard will become terrorist' if weapons sent; meanwhile, Gulf sources say Saudi Arabia began arming rebels about two months ago.

Western leaders criticize Russia for supporting, arming Assad ahead of Putin-Obama meeting on sidelines of G-8 meeting in Northern Ireland.

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WATCH: A Damascus car bomb attack in western Damascus comes as President Assad's forces press ahead with offensive to regain territory they lost to Syrian rebels.

Obama will attempt to find common ground with Russia in Northern Ireland on Monday, after angering Assad's biggest ally by authorizing U.S. military support for Syrian opposition groups.