The Syrian regime dropped thousands of internationally-banned barrel bombs in 2018, causing numerous civilian casualties in opposition-held parts of the country, a U.K.-based rights watchdog said Tuesday. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR), as many as 185 civilians...

Russian military police have begun patrolling around the Syrian city of Manbij, a spokesman said Tuesday, moving into an area once held by US-backed Kurdish forces. Russian forces are acting in support of Syrian government troops who recently deployed around Manbij, in Aleppo province...

 The flooding, heavy winds and severe drops in temperature in Lebanon affected the spontaneous camps of Syrian refugees in the majority of the country's areas, with over 50,000 people remaining in at-risk zones, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said. "UNHCR...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Many young men in the eastern town of Al-Muhasan in Deir Ezzor province have joined the revolution since its early days and heavy prices are still being paid. Muhannad al-Jassim, who left the Journalism school at Damascus University of Damascus, was one of them....