The Red Cross "lost its moral compass" during World War Two, turning a blind eye to atrocities committed by the Nazis, but is speaking out more now about conflicts including Syria, its president said on Tuesday. Peter Maurer said the International Committee of the Red Cross had...

  (Anadolu Agency)- The Secretary General of the Istanbul-based Syrian Turks' Association has pointed out the presence of a growing Iranian influence in Syria. "Syrian opponents are fighting against Iran, Hezbollah and secret powers rather than Syrian troops in...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Senior Syrian army commander was killed on Monday when an explosive device detonated near his car in al-Waer neighborhood in Homs city, activists and monitoring group said. Brigadier General Nasha't Hajoj, commander of  T-4 military air base, 90 km east...

The uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is under investigation in France for amassing a 90-million-euro fortune, including a stud farm and luxury apartments, despite being kicked out of Syria "with nothing" 30 years ago. French investigators have provided details to AFP of their...

Aleppo's Islamist rebels on Sunday have formed a new command room called 'Fatah Aleppo' in step imitates their counterparts in neighboring Idlib province who made remarkable gains started by taking control of Idlib city and most of its countryside.  Jaysh al-Islam, al-Shamiya...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Syrian regime has let some bread to enter the embattled town of Moadamyeh al-Sham near Damascus after almost two months of complete siege caused death of 4 kids and an elderly.  “The regime allowed families only to have bread, each family had...

 A coalition of Islamist rebels said they seized a Syrian army base in northwestern Idlib province at dawn on Monday after a suicide bomber from al Qaeda's Nusra Front drove a truck packed with explosives inside and set it off. Syrian state media said the army had inflicted heavy...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's military said Sunday it launched an airstrike on its border with Syria after spotting militants carrying a bomb in the Israeli-held Golan Heights. The military said it carried out the strike after troops saw "a group of armed terrorists" approach the...

 Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime air strikes killed at least 10 civilians, including two women and children, in al-Shadadi town in the northeast of the war-torn country, activists said Saturday. The small town with tribal majority west of Hasakeh had witnessed a massacre  weeks ago when...

  Syrian regime's air force on Sunday has killed more than 34 people in air strikes on Darkoush, an affiliated district to the town of Jisr al-Shughour northwestern Syria,  which was captured on Saturday for the first time in the four-year conflict by a hardline Islamist...

At least 18 detainees were massacred by the Syrian military intelligence in the northwestern town Jisr al-Shughour in Idlib province on Saturday, hours before the command of Syrian regime army and security units withdrew towards Latakia, activists and monitoring group said. The Syrian...

 Syrian rebels on Saturday has made remarkable gains by taken control of northeastern town of Jisr al-Shughour on the enclaves of Latakia, Bashar al-Assad's hometown, as well by taking control of 5 villages in predominantly Alawite region of Sahl al-Ghab in the western countryside of Hama...

Reports emerged Saturday stating that Israeli warplanes launched two airstrikes targeting a Hezbollah convoy on the Qalamoun region. However, the Israeli authorities refused to comment on the news. In this regard, eye witnesses in Yabroud note that the Israeli airstrike targeted bases...

(Reuters) - Rustom Ghazali, Syria's last chief of intelligence in Lebanon who was a suspect in the killing of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, has died in Damascus, Lebanese media reported. A Lebanese source with ties to Damascus also said that Ghazali had died on Friday. The cause...

Syrian rebels on Saturday have taken full control of the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour, less than a month after seizing control of Idlib, the provincial capital there. According to reports from activists, the command of Syrian army and security units withdrew towards...

Syrian rebels on Friday have made more gains in the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour, taking control of al-Mentar base, less than a month after seizing control of Idlib, the provincial capital there. At least 30 soldiers have been killed and wounded by rebels in a l-Mentar base,...

(Reuters) - The United Nations aid chief on Friday urged the Security Council to impose an arms embargo and sanctions in Syria for violations of humanitarian law as special envoy Angelina Jolie pleaded with council members to visit millions of Syrian refugees. The aid official, Valerie...

The United Nations said Friday it would host separate talks with rival sides in Syria from May 4 in a bid to kickstart stalled negotiations to end the four-year conflict. "The Geneva consultation invitations have gone out a couple of days ago," UN spokesman Ahmad Fawzi told reporters, saying...

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — As a boy in pre-war Baghdad, Adil Faraj dreamed of becoming a dancer, inspired by a Michael Jackson performance he watched on DVD. For over a decade, he pursued his passion despite daunting challenges and harassment by strangers and police. He taught himself by moving to...

Top Syrian security official Rustom Ghazali died of his wounds, pro-Bashar al-Assad al-Mayadeen satellite channel reported on Friday.