As foreign fighters pour into Syria at an increasing clip, extremist groups are carving out pockets of territory that are becoming havens for Islamist militants, posing what United States and Western intelligence officials say may be developing into one of the biggest terrorist threats in...

Syrian Network for Human Rights documented   2588 victims last July,  1664 civilians and   924 Armed rebels . T he d aily average of killing was 90 people a day, 4 people an hour, SNHR reported.    The Network indicated that all numbers...

Syrian opposition chief Ahmad Jarba visited Daraa in the south of the strife-torn country near the Jordan border Thursday to mark the Muslim Eid al-Fitr feast, a National Coalition source told AFP.   "Jarba took part in Eid al-Fitr prayers in the countryside of Daraa, and made a tour...

A stray bullet killed a child, 10 , in Hanano district of Aleppo during rebels' celebration of capturing the Military Air base of Mennegh.   "We came out to celebrate the victory over Assad's forces, some rebels fired tens of bullets in the air to express their...