The 1,000-year-old minaret of Aleppo’s Umayyad Mosque has collapsed due to clashes between Syrian rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.

The EU’s anti-terror chief has told the BBC that hundreds of Europeans are now fighting with rebel forces in Syria against Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

At least 80 people, including women and children, have been killed in Damascus, according to Syrian activists.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Western nations will suffer the consequences for what he said was their support for al Qaeda militants in his country’s civil war.

The heads of five major UN agencies have issued a rare joint appeal to the international community to do much more to end “cruelty and carnage” in Syria.

A new report published by Human Rights Watch states that the Syrian government is deliberately targeting civilians in airstrikes.

Bashar al-Assad’s government has said it will not accept a team of UN chemical weapons inspectors in protest at its broad mandate.

The Arab League is meeting in Doha today, with the League inviting the Syrian opposition to take Syria’s seat for the first time.

The SNC has rejected Moaz al-Khatib’s resignation, just hours after he announced that he was stepping down.