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Syria rebels surrender strongholds in Homs

  Exhausted and worn out from a year-long siege, hundreds of Syrian rebels on Wednesday left their last remaining bastions in the heart of the central city of Homs under a cease-fire deal with government forces, according to AP. The exit of some 1,200 fighters and...

Lebanon reports Syrian airstrikes on its towns

By Indo Asian News Service- Syria launched airstrikes on the Lebanese border towns of Arsal and Al-Qaa in the eastern parts of the country, media reported Wednesday. The raids targeted gunmen fleeing the Syrian territories, Xinhua reported citing Lebanon's National News Agency....

Lebanon rapped for blocking Palestinians fleeing Syria

(AFP) Human Rights Watch and a UN refugee agency both expressed concern on Tuesday that Lebanon was blocking Palestinians fleeing war-torn Syria from entering the country. UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, said it was "concerned about the increased restrictions on...

Evacuation of Syria's Homs rebel districts to begin

Some 2,000 rebels and civilians were to begin leaving besieged opposition-held districts of Homs city in central Syria on Wednesday under a deal between fighters and the government. Activists on the ground said two buses arrived in Homs early morning to begin the first of the...