For months, the western rural region of Homs was an unusual model of coexistence in Syria's brutal two-year-old civil war. Now, it risks becoming a dark episode in the country's deepening sectarian conflict. Syria's uprising-turned-war has forced most Syrians to take sides in a struggle that...

Syrian rebels said on Friday the assassination of one of their top commanders by al Qaeda-linked militants was tantamount to a declaration of war, opening a new front for the Western-backed fighters struggling against President Bashar al-Assad's forces. Rivalries have been growing between...

Egyptian security forces arrested Syrian artist, Hossam Malas, under charges of cooperating with Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and providing weapons. Heavily Armed patrol raided his House in al-Doukki suburb in Cairo. Activists said the allegation against Malas is...

Crimes by Islamic militia 'State of Iraq an al-Sham' has been increasing,    amid an atmosphere of bewilderment among Syrians. The last crime was killing member of the revolutionary council in Lattakia and noble leader in Free Syrian Army. The commander of chief...