Translation by Yusra Ahmed Three serious incidents took place in the regime-loyal parts of Homs city, but they pass through without any punishment or action taken. First one was in Abassiyeh neighborhood when many armed people advance toward a barrier for the regime and shot toward guards...

Members of Syria's Druze minority have helped repel a rebel attack on an army base in the south, mobilizing to confront insurgents including al Qaeda's Nusra Front who are trying to build on gains against President Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based...

Tawhid Party chief Wiam Wahhab Thursday urged Druze to form an armed force to defend themselves after at least 20 members of their community were killed by Nusra Front militants in northwest Syria. “We will not accept to sell Druze blood!” Wahhab, a former minister, said in an angry...

A Syrian rebel alliance said it had captured an air base from the army in southern Syria Thursday, a gain that would compound setbacks for President Bashar Assad in the area after losing a nearby military base this week. Issam al-Rayyes, spokesman for the Southern Front alliance of...