Rebels in the Syrian city of Hama have claimed that they are gradually making gains against the Syrian army, Al Jazeera's correspondent Jamal Elshayyal reports. Opposition fighters said they have been able to advance on government-held positions after receiving...

All Syrian opposition fighters in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmuk in southern Damascus have withdrawn, a Palestinian official told AFP on Sunday. Anwar Abdel Hadi, an official with the Palestine Liberation Organisation, said the pullout came after an agreement...

Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah said Sunday his party would continue fighting in Syria despite the wave of car bombings targeting predominantly Shiite areas in Lebanon controlled by Hezbollah. “I will not repeat what I explained before about the reason we went to Syria...

A well-informed source reported to Zaman Alwasl that Col. Abdel Jabbar Al Aqidi will be the top military figure for the opposition in coming period, according to European and Saudi will in particular.  Al Aqidi has a good reputation within the armed opposition and...