The roadblocks and sandbags are back, cafes and hotels are nearly empty and many of the tourists are gone. Anxiety is gripping Lebanon following a spate of suicide bombings, and an ongoing security sweep targeting militants - some of them who...

Damascus, July 12 (IANS) The Syrian army has advanced into a key Damascus suburb, completely surrounding all militants in the area, a military official said Saturday. The eastern town of Mleiha in the countryside of the capital Damascus has been captured by the Syrian troops,...

(Zaman Alwasl)- A Syrian rebel commander was killed in Amman when unknown group opened fire on him in Abu Nuseir neighborhood on Friday, activists and pro-opposition websites reported. Maher Rahal was a field commander of al Mujahideen brigade in...

 (Al Arabiya News)- Syrian rescue workers have pulled out, on Friday, a two month-old infant from beneath the rubble of a building in the battle-scarred city of Aleppo, Syria. The rescue workers, who call themselves the Aleppo Civil Defense,...