Bashar al-Assad's forces and allied Lebanese militia Hezbollah stepped up attacks on Syria's strategic border town of Yabroud on Saturday, activists said, in apparent preparation for a new offensive to flush out rebels. More than 10 air strikes had already hit the...

Syrian regime has recruited the youth members of the governing Baath Party in a new armed militia called 'Al Baath Brigades', mainly composed of university students and operate under pro-Assad Student Union, sources said. The main mission of the newly formed brigades is...

Pictures emerge of thousands of residents of the Damascus district of Yarmouk, who have remained trapped for nearly a year, queuing for food and aid A picture showing thousands of residents queuing for food has revealed shocking levels of deprivation inside a beseiged camp in Syria....

The State of Iraq and al-Sham commander in Homs has been killed on Tuesday; both Assad’s forces and rebel fighters claimed his killing. “During clashes which took place between two militant groups in al-Rastan town in Homs province Abu al-Qaqa al-Tunisi was killed,” a...