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Syrian insurgent advances put Assad under pressure

Steady advances by insurgents on key fronts in Syria mean President Bashar al-Assad is under more military pressure than at any point in the four-year-old war. Losses in the north, east and south to groups including al Qaeda's Syrian arm and Islamic State may test Assad's hold...

Syria: Regime barrel bomb attacks kill 40 in Aleppo

At least 40 people lost their lives Wednesday in four regime barrel bomb attacks on opposition-controlled areas in Aleppo province, activists said.  Local activists said 22 people were killed, including a number of women and children in Tal Rifaat town north of Aleppo while the second...

Assad's Interior Ministry looks for Pasta, forgets war

By George Hadad, Translation by Yusra Ahmed In the middle of Syrian crisis, the Ministry of Interior in Syria including the minister himself, were busy for 10 days in sorting out a gift given from “Fiorella Pasta Corporation” consisted of 15 tones of groats, Sugar and Pasta, and 600 cans of...

Nusra Front attacks Hezbollah outposts near Arsal

 The Nusra Front claimed Tuesday that it had killed several Hezbollah militants and confiscated their weapons in an attack on two of the party’s outposts near Arsal’s outskirts. The jihadi group announced on its Twitter account that its militants attacked two Hezbollah positions...