(Al  Jazeera) -  A number of long metal arms swing over the city skyline in Beirut. In one open-air construction yard after another, Syrian labourers build sleek 25- and 30-floor towers, working without safety regulations, health insurance or union protection. According...

Top commander in Syrian air force has been killed with 13 officers in mysterious circumstances, pro-Assad media outlets said. Major General, Nadim Jawad Ghanem, Commander of Blay military airport, who buried in his hometown of Tartus on Friday, was killed with 13 others, news feeds said...

Commander of Failaq al-Rahman on Thursday has been wounded with 9 others in Eastern Ghouta district near Damascus when an Islamic State suicide bomber detonated himself near the rebel groups' headquarters, source Zaman al-Wasl. 10 fighters, including Failaq al-Rahman's commander Abdulnaser...

(By Mamoon Abu Mohamed; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Pro-Syrian regime people in Homs started moving their dead relatives’ remains from the martyrs’ graveyard to their home villages.  Sources mentioned that families refused to bury their killed sons in Fardous graveyard, the one...

The American military has started training "moderate" Syrian rebels in Jordan to prepare to fight the Islamic State group, US and Jordanian officials said Thursday, after months of delays. The training in basic military skills will eventually extend to sites in Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar,...

Saudi Arabia wants to bring together the many branches of the war-torn country's armed and political opposition to discuss what to do after the regime's downfall, opposition sources said Thursday. The Sunni-ruled kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a main backer of forces fighting to topple Syria's...

Islamist rebels in Eastern Ghouta district near Damascus have released three hostages, including mother and son, after 17 months of captivity, rebel group and Husband said. On Wednesday, the Islamic Union of Ajnad al-Sham active, in statement posted online, said the release of Helena...

At least 30 Kurdish militants on Wednesday have been killed when a suicide bomber affiliated to the Islamic State detonated his car in PYD bases in northern city of Hasakah, Zaman al-Wasl reporter said. ISIS' car bomb stormed one of Kurdish Democratic Union's bases in al-Kallasa neighborhood...

 Hundreds of members of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood have returned from exile, hoping to rebuild a movement which was crushed decades ago at home and is deemed a terrorist organization by leading Arab states. Membership of the Brotherhood remains punishable by death in Syria more than 30...

Army of Fatah in Qalamoun on Wednesday has killed more than 40 Hezbollah fighters, including two senior commanders, near the Lebanese border, rebel Twitter feeds said. The newly alliance led by Syria's al-Qaeda wing, the Nusra Front, has inflicted humiliating defeats on Bashar al-Assad...

 Syrian regime forces on Wednesday targeted vehicles of Syrian Arab Red Crescent during a humanitarian mission to deliver medical aid to their center in the rebel-held city of Douma north of Damascus. One female volunteer has been killed,...

The Islamic State jihadist group launched an offensive Wednesday in Deir Ezzor city in eastern Syria in a bid to seize a major regime airport nearby, a monitor and activist said. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights head Rami Abdel Rahman said clashes and at least one suicide explosion had...

  9 Rebel groups active in northern countryside of Homs province have merged in one armed group called it Jaysh al-Tawhid, according to video statement . The newly alliance backed by Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham fighters  on Tuesday had launched a surprise attack on Syrian...

(Reporting by Ahmad Primo; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Despite classifying Aleppo as the most dangerous city in the world last year, Alabi people still do their best to enjoy their time and lead as normal life as possible.  Summer time used to be the season for trips, parties, meals...

The United States wants the UN Security Council to set up an investigation on the use of chemical weapons in Syria following reports of chlorine gas attacks, diplomats said Wednesday. The investigation would be carried out by a team of experts appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and...

(Translation by Yusra Ahemd) The Syrian Education Commission (ELEM) has produced shocking figure about teaching and education situation in Syria, which showed the growing gap between the reality and required levels of education, teaching facilities and resources.  In its first...

  Syrian rebels backed by Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham fighters have launched a surprise attack on Syrian army posts in northern countryside of Homs,  leaving 20 troops dead, activists said Tuesday. Rebels took control of four checkpoints near Jbourin and Kafrnan, pro-Bashar...

Army of Fatah in Qalamoun, an alliance of Islamist groups led by the Nusra Front, said Hezbollah field commander, Ali Khalil al-Alayan, has been killed in Qalamoun battles, as well as news feeds affiliated to the Lebanese militia have mourned the commander. On Monday, the Nusra Front launched...

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri attacked Hezbollah Tuesday over its preparations for an anticipated large-scale battle in Syria's Qalamoun region against Nusra-led rebels, saying the fight is meant to protect the Syrian government, and not Lebanon. “Media channels and some leaders in Lebanon...

  Syria's Al-Qaeda wing, the Nusra Front, said an alliance with other Islamist groups active in Qalamoun region has been formed Tuesday called 'Army of Fatah in Qalamoun', similar to command room formed by Nusra in Idlib. 'Army of Fatah' is a reference to the conquests that spread...