Assad regime forces sought Friday to follow up on their victory in a key town near the Lebanon border by sending reinforcements to battle rebels in Homs and the northern province of Aleppo. The move comes a day after a brief rebel seizure of the Quneitra crossing on the Israeli-occupied...

Shariah Commission in Aleppo pledged to secure the defection of soldiers and employees who still with the regime Army, during the period of one month beginning on Friday. The commission said in a statement: "We call upon all citizens, brothers and parents, to this initiative to...

The capture of Qusair by Syrian troops spearheaded by Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shi'ite Islamist militia, risks turning the war in  Syria  into a wider sectarian battle between Sunni and Shi'ite forces that will sweep through the country's neighbors. The fall of the town after...

The capture by Syrian pro-government forces of the strategic Qusayr region is a major victory for President Bashar al-Assad, who is now better placed than ever if a US-Russian plan for peace talks materialises. The nearly three-week battle for Qusayr in central Syria exposed the central role...