Ten rebel groups active in the western countryside of Damascus have merged in new alliance, seeking to capture a territory links between Daraa, Quneitra and the capital, according to statement issued Tuesday. Hermon Army, the newly rebel group, said it has taken control of Telal al-Homr area...

Islam Army, key rebel group active east of Damascus, has waged a new missile attack on government-held neighborhoods of Syria's capital, activists said Tuesday. The Katyusha rockets have stormed Mezzeh 86 , a predominantly Alawite neighborhood. The shelling also reached al-Maliki district, few...

(Reporting by Lama Shammas; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Leen, a 20-year-old Syrian girl lives alone in Istanbul, disappointed and depressed with no interest in life after losing everything in Syria. She lived with her father and brother in Damascus, her mother died when she was young. Her...

Iran is bringing home the body of a top-ranking military officer killed in April in southern Syria, Iranian news agencies reported, at least the second senior Iranian to die there this year while supporting Damascus in the war. Hadi Kajbaf, a major general in the elite Islamic Revolutionary...