Syrian opposition activists on Thursday accused President Bashar al-Assad’s forces of again using poison gas in rebel-held areas, saying victims had been discovered with swollen limbs and foaming at the mouth. The activists told Reuters that two shells loaded with...

Germany says it will take in a further 5,000 refugees from Syria, doubling its current offer of shelter for people fleeing the Arab nation's civil war. The decision was announced Friday at a meeting of officials from Germany's 16 states, which share responsibility for housing...

The checkpoints of Shi’ite Militias have become remarkably widespread in regime-held areas of Aleppo amid decreasing for presence of Assad's forces, Zaman Alwasl reporter said. They wear black costumes with green and red bands, inscribed with sectarian slogans, their...

Hezbollah senior commander has been died of his wounds in Qalamoun battles, ‘’not gunned down outside his home in southern Beirut,’’ Qalamoun Media Center said.  ''Hezbollah  deliberately  hides the truth to keep its fighters’ morale high,'' the...