Syria steps up assault on rebels in Aleppo

In Syria's largest city, government forces have stepped up their assault on rebel forces. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata reports.

• Jul 31, 2012

Risking their lives to save the wounded in Syria

Group of volunteers with scant medical training set up makeshift aid network, using what they know to help Syrian casualties

• Jul 30, 2012

Syria: U.N. observers attacked by tanks

Secretary General says dozen armored vehicles used by observers were destroyed by blasts and shelling but no one injured

• Jul 30, 2012

U.N.: 200,000 have fled Aleppo fighting

Regime forces press against rebel positions in Syria's largest city; Assad's top diplomat in London defects

• Jul 30, 2012

Volunteers act as Syria's "Medical Battalion"

Rebels are holding out against President Assad's army in the ancient city of Aleppo. Clarissa Ward reports from inside Syria on a brave group of medics who are right on the frontlines.

• Jul 30, 2012

Syrian rebels score victory NW of Aleppo

Rebels inside Syria scored a major victory Northwest of Aleppo by overrunning a government outpost and capturing between 8 and 10 tanks and trucks with desperately needed weapons and ammunition. Charlie D'Agata reports.

• Jul 30, 2012

A Syrian rebel's double life

Man says he worked during the day as a bureaucrat for Assad regime while commanding rebel fighters by night

• Jul 30, 2012

Syrian forces using heavy weapons to attack rebels

New fighting has been reported in the Syrian city of Aleppo, where government forces are using heavy weapons to attack rebel positions. CBS News' Clarissa Ward reports.

• Jul 30, 2012

Syria's government claims gains in Aleppo

Def. Sec. Panetta calls government assault on Aleppo "a nail in Assad's own coffin"; Hundreds of thousands flee fighting

• Jul 30, 2012

Sources: Assad regime has 6 months of funds left

Some inside Syria claim the Assad regime may be broke, but there are also signs it's not running out of money. Elizabeth Palmer reports there may be enough money left to support the military for another six months of fighting.

• Jul 29, 2012

Syria forces bombard opposition in Aleppo

The Assad regime declared victory in a battle with rebels in the capital city of Damascus and vowed it would also win the ongoing fight for Aleppo. Stuart Ramsay of Sky News spoke with Jeff Glor from inside Syria to report on how the rebels are fairing against the heavy artillery from government forces.

• Jul 29, 2012

Syrian troops shell Aleppo neighborhoods

Rebels try to repel regime's attempt to retake parts of nation's largest city - a strategic imperative for both sides of conflict

• Jul 29, 2012

Wounded Syrian refugees "the lucky ones"

People who manage to escape the vicious civil war, many with horrific injuries, are left to pray from afar

• Jul 28, 2012

Syrian refugees share their stories

The most recent estimation by the Brookings Institution is that 1 in 20 Syrians have been forced from their home by the fighting. In neighboring Lebanon, hospitals are caring for the wounded.

• Jul 28, 2012

Assad regime launches full-scale attack on Aleppo

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has launched a full-scale attack on rebel fighters in Aleppo - the country's commercial heart and a crucial prize for both sides. Elizabeth Palmer reports.

• Jul 28, 2012

Syrians flee Aleppo ahead of expected battle

Outside the ancient Syrian city of Aleppo, the army of the Syrian dictatorship is massing for what the U.S. government says will be a massacre. Scott Pelley speaks with John Lee Anderson, a reporter for the New Yorker Magazine, who is in Aleppo and describes the scene.

• Jul 27, 2012

Maj. Gen. Mood: Syria regime could crumble soon

Outgoing U.N. Observer chief says "it's impossible to imagine" Assad government remaining in place

• Jul 27, 2012

U.N.: Showdown in Aleppo imminent

Syrian forces amass outside largest city; Human rights official says reports of extra-judicial killings of civilians in Damascus suburb "bodes ill" for Aleppo

• Jul 27, 2012

Syrian rebel leader talks strategy, mission

In a rare report from inside Syria, CBS News' Clarissa Ward speaks with Syrian rebel commander Abu Issa who explains the rebels' strategy for defeating the Assad regime and the ultimate goal they hope to accomplish through all the fighting.

• Jul 26, 2012

Battle for Syria's largest city intensifies

Rebels claim to have the upper hand in Aleppo. Clarissa Ward reports on the aftermath of fighting in another area.

• Jul 26, 2012

A look at the damage from inside Syria

In a rare report from inside Syria, Clarissa Ward shows the ravaging impact civil war has had on a village just south of Aleppo.

• Jul 25, 2012

Is al Qaeda fighting in Syria?

Islamist tactics and rhetoric among anti-Assad groups isn't necessarily an al Qaeda footprint, but it may be an invitation

• Jul 25, 2012

Rebels, Syrian Army battle for Aleppo

A major battle is shaping up between anti-Assad forces and Syria's military for control of Aleppo - Syria's largest city. Elizabeth Palmer reports on the looming conflict.

• Jul 25, 2012

Turkey seals Syria border as fighting rages

Crumbling security prompts Turkey's move as rebels fight regime in Aleppo for 5th day; Clinton predicts rebel "safe haven"

• Jul 25, 2012

Russian diplomat: U.S. hindering efforts to end violence in Syria

Vitaly Churkin, Russia's ambassador to the U.N., asserts that U.S. policy in Syria is hurting more than helping. Charlie Rose reports.

• Jul 25, 2012

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