Number of Syrian opposition figures agreed to form a monitoring committee that observes the work mechanism of the National Coalition and affiliated institutions in regard to financial status, legislation and documentation, source told Zaman al-Wasl on Sunday.

Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, celebrated her 18th birthday in Lebanon on Sunday by opening a school for Syrian refugee girls and called on world leaders to invest in "books not bullets". Malala became a symbol of defiance after she was shot on a...

A bomb explosion in a tunnel near Aleppo Citadel in Syria on July 12 damaged a wall of the fortress that is part of the UNESCO-listed Old City, state media and a monitor reported. The blast partly destroyed the wall of the monumental 13th century citadel that overlooks the Old City, said the...

Fatah Army in the northern province of Idlib has captured a strategic hill near Jisr al-Shughour town on Sunday, a move that makes rebels on the track to overrun Bashar al-Assad's hometown in the coastal region. The alliance of Islamist groups, who has slowed its progress in the last few weeks,...