Divisions in rebel ranks and more committed loyalist fighters are helping the Syrian regime notch up military victories that would give it the upper hand at peace talks, analysts and rebels say. The army's capture this week of the strategic town of Qara, north of Damascus, followed...

An al Qaeda affiliate has captured a northern Syrian town on the border with Turkey after ousting a moderate Islamist rebel unit and detained its leader, activists said on Thursday. The fall of the town of Atma, a crossing point for weapons and for Syrian rebels, signals disarray among...

  Activists have circulated photos  on the Internet  for Tawhid brigade commander which considered the first images appeared since his assassination .   The key rebel Islamic movement was denounced any doubts or qualms over the death ...

Assad Security forces have arrested the Secretary General of the National Co-ordination Body for Democratic Change  in Damascus Wednesday, president of the Co-ordination said. In a statement posted on his Facebook page, Haytham Manna, France-based external head of the...