Fighting is intensifying in northern Syria , where rebels say President Bashar al-Assad's forces and their Lebanese Hezbollah allies are preparing an offensive after success last week in seizing a strategic town further south. The capture by Assad's forces and Hezbollah of the town...

The National Coalition leader, George Sabra has set off alarm bells, warning of the danger of new massacres in the southern Homs, specifically in the town of Bouweida (20 km) south of the city. Sabra quoted several appeals from the residents of the besieged town...

Human Rights watch confirmed a massacre committed by Syrian regime in Aleppo in its latest report. ''At least 147 people whose bodies were found in the city of Aleppo’s river between January and March, 2013, were probably executed in government-controlled...