Syrian rebels have reportedly cut the international highway running through the embattled Qalamoun region south to Damascus. “Rebels seized control over [a section] of the international highway in Qalamoun between Qaldoun and Maalula,” Al-Arabiya reported Friday morning. The...

 (Al  Jazeera) -  A number of long metal arms swing over the city skyline in Beirut. In one open-air construction yard after another, Syrian labourers build sleek 25- and 30-floor towers, working without safety regulations, health insurance or union protection. According...

Commander of Failaq al-Rahman on Thursday has been wounded with 9 others in Eastern Ghouta district near Damascus when an Islamic State suicide bomber detonated himself near the rebel groups' headquarters, source Zaman al-Wasl. 10 fighters, including Failaq al-Rahman's commander Abdulnaser...

Islamist rebels in Eastern Ghouta district near Damascus have released three hostages, including mother and son, after 17 months of captivity, rebel group and Husband said. On Wednesday, the Islamic Union of Ajnad al-Sham active, in statement posted online, said the release of Helena...