Anne Barnard of The New York Times, who is on a trip to Homs, reports that scores of those evacuated from the Old City in early February are still effectively detained: Barnard says that, while the University is “open and bustling”, other efforts at showing life-is-normal...

Former member of Syrian ruling family's inner circle gives first direct account of how shabiha paramilitaries were ordered to kill and torture opponents of the regime A former Assad regime insider has given the first direct account of how Syria's ruling family created the feared...

Head of the Syrian opposition coalition Ahmed Jarba has called for providing the opposition fighters in Syria with anti-aircraft missiles, asserting that no political breakthrough would be possible unless there is a "military progress" on the ground. Jarba's call came during...

“The lout and lowlife‪,‬ Suleiman al-Assad‪,‬ the son of Hilal‪,‬ the head of Military Housing in Latakia‪,‬ was arrested on Monday from the Meridian of Latakia after receiving a beating from the good boys ‪….‬ they said he cried and screamed‪. Among his...