The jihadist Al-Nusra Front has posted a video showing kidnapped Lebanese security personnel calling on the Hezbollah movement to withdraw its fighters from Syria. The nine men, who appear to be eight Lebanese policemen and a soldier, are among 24 security forces still in the...

  (Zaman Alwasl)- Syrian activists say more than 140, ooo Syrian refugees in the border town of Arsal are facing severe siege imposed by Lebanese government and Hezbollah militia as the humanitarian aid is blocked. The Lebanese government...

  (Zaman Alwasl)- At least 70 members of the Islamic State (IS) Sunni extremist organization have been killed in two days of clashes with the Syrian Army over al-Tabaqa military airport, the only bastion still in the hands of the regime in Raqqa province...

Washington (AFP) - Some 12,000 foreign jihadists from 50 countries, including Americans, have gone to fight in Syria since the conflict began, the US State Department said Thursday. A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, estimated that more than 100 US citizens have...