The World Health Organization is likely to announce more cases of polio in war-ravaged Syria this week, a spokeswoman said on Monday, after the incurable virus was confirmed this month in 13 children who became paralyzed. "(The outbreak) is expected to spread within the country, which...

Miscalculations by the Syrian regime, opposition groups and U.S. government left them all unprepared for the Aug. 21 gas attack As Syrian troops battled rebel forces in the Damascus suburbs Aug. 18, U.S. eavesdropping equipment began picking up ominous signals. A special Syrian...

The Military commander of ‘Green Battalion, al-Qaeda affiliated has been killed in Qalamoun battles near Damascus, sources said. Abu Muhjin al-Omani, originally for Oman Sultanate was killed during the storming of Bassel hospital in Deir Attiyeh. Rebels...

The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) arrested Mustafa Abdullah, commander of Sokour al-Islam brigades (Islam's Hawks) in Atimah, according to Zaman Alwasl reporter. The ISIL took control of the town of Atimah on the border with Turkey at the end of last...