The US is sending missiles to Syrian rebels as part of a “pilot program” to strengthen the opposition, American media reveals. Washington’s new initiative aims to find out whether it can supply opposition forces in Syria with weapons without them falling...

Allegations are mounting that chemical weapons attacks in Syria last year have caused newborns to suffer from birth defects. Syrian doctors and activists have circulated a picture of a severely deformed baby girl, reportedly named Fatima Abdulghafar, who was recently born in...

Israel's army on Sunday declared part of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights a closed military zone, fearing battles on the Syrian side would spill over the ceasefire line. An army spokeswoman told AFP the area around the Quneitra crossing was closed "for security reasons."...

Translation by Dani Murad With great resentment, people of Nubul and Zahra, the Shiite villages in northern Aleppo, which were rumored to be under tight siege by rebels, have expressed their anger of the relief aid sent by regime forces recently....