Syrian activists say at least 17 opposition fighters have been killed during clashes with government troops near the Lebanese border. The UK-based  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights  , which opposes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, said on Friday that the opposition...

Rami Makhlouf, the well known businessman, who is considered the economical and financial cover for Assad family, come back strongly to lights as the first choice to re-build Syria and to observe the humanitarian corridors for aid and relief, after managing to control them, sources...

Chechen-led faction Jaish al-Muhajireen wal Ansar (JMA) has released a video showing its fighters giving aid to civilians in Kafr Hamra, north of Aleppo city. JMA helped a Syrian brigade, Nuraddin az-Zinki, capture Kafr Hamra last month. The Chechen-led faction is not aligned to any...

A dozen bombings in central Iraq and two shootings in the north killed 22 people Thursday, officials and doctors said, as the country suffers its worst violence in years. Iraq has been hit by a year-long surge in bloodshed that has reached levels not seen since 2008, driven by...