Syrian government forces captured two villages near the border with Lebanon on Saturday, continuing a weeks-long advance that has cut a major supply route for weapons and fighters into the country from eastern Lebanon, said activists and state TV. The villages of Flita and Ras Maara were...

 The United Nations humanitarian chief Valerie Amos on Friday urged Syria's government to end needless restrictions on access to areas where besieged Syrians are in desperate need of aid after three years of civil war. She also voiced concern about opposition groups,...

While many inside and out of Syria bemoan the lack of attention that the conflict is getting internationally, it is perhaps the most “covered” war in history, given the nature of current media and technology, with thousands of YouTube channels, Twitter accounts and Facebook pages...

  The United States could not have stopped the humanitarian crisis in Syria with military strikes, President Barack Obama said in a television interview airing on Friday, and said U.S. troops had reached their limits after long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Obama was...

    Syrian opposition interim government said in statement posted online Friday that it will pay 500,000 dollars as subvention to rebels who are making gains in coast battles. The decision was the outcome of  the weekly meeting of the National Coalition...

It is already past lunchtime and souvenir shop owner Halil Santoglu has yet to make a sale - a frequent complaint these days in this once bustling bazaar as the war in nearby  Syria wreaks havoc with the  economy  of Turkey's southern borderlands. Santoglu and...

Journalist Moayyad Skaif has accused Syrian reconciliation minister of c omplicity in the murder of his family members in Assad's prisons. On his Facebook page, Skaif accused Ali Haidar of conspiracy to arrest members of his families, in particular Bassel Skaif, and he...

The opposition Syrian National Coalition snapped back empty-handed from Kuwait’s Arab summit Wednesday, analysts and activists said. The key opposition group has failed to get Syria Arab League seat after continuous promises and pledges by Arab state senior officials....

An influx of almost 1 million refugees from  Syria  into neighboring Lebanon poses a serious threat to the already fragile country, but donor nations may not grasp the potential impact of further destabilization, a U.N. official said on Thursday. "There is not a single...

Islamist fighters from an al Qaeda splinter group bombed a large Shi'ite Muslim shrine in the eastern Syrian city of Raqqa on Wednesday, activists said. The mosque of Ammar bin Yassir and Oweis al-Qarni was once a destination for Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims from  Iran , Lebanon...

A mortar shell fired into Turkey from Syria exploded in an uninhabited area in the southern province of Hatay's Reyhanlı district late on Wednesday. No casualties were reported. Local news agencies reported on Wednesday evening that the mortar shell landed in an uninhabited area...

A video released on YouTube shows the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front preparing to execute two Saudi fighters in Syria. According to the unidentified executioner heard speaking in the video, the men were accused of “betraying” the jihadists by joining the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria...

Turned away three times since fleeing the bombardment of Syria's second city Aleppo in January, mother of eight Faten Darwish has given up on getting her family into a refugee camp in southeast Turkey. Instead, the 33-year old lives with her husband and children in a dingy...

Syria has sent 49 percent of the raw materials used for its poison gas and nerve agent programme abroad for destruction, according to the chemical weapons watchdog overseeing the removal of the country's stockpiles. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said...

  Turkey has said it is ready to take any measures against threats to its national security from war-torn Syria, its foreign minister warned. "The Turkish republic is a powerful state and never hesitates to take any measures to protect its national security if need...

Haitham al-Maleh, the Syrian opposition figure revealed that the Syrian National Coalition has been contacted intensively by many countries and parties supporting the Syrian regime, requesting the opposition to control themselves after the remarkable achievement of rebels in the...

The Mulok checkpoint in Homs has long been the key to liberate besieged Homs because it separates Homs from its suburbs. This checkpoint, which is located north of Homs and about 5 km long, is one of regime’s biggest checkpoints which brought death and destruction to the...

  Activists northeast Syria reported that Bashar al-Assad’s forces have adopted new killing strategy by planting landmines near the main highway in Deir al-Zor. Six passengers killed and seven wounded days ago due to landmine explosion hit their bus on the...

Thousands of people from al-Hosn village run away to Lebanon from imminent death they faced by heavy shelling and systematic killing from Syrian regime and its Shabiha. They tried to enter Lebanon through Khalid Valley days ago, however, many of them they were killed, as bodies of...

Arab leaders have called for a political solution to the conflict in Syria, although the Syrian opposition had asked for "sophisticated" arms to tip the balance of power. The regional body, in its final statement issued on Wednesday after a two-day summit in Kuwait, also condemned...