(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Syria's Salamiyeh city in the eastern countryside of Hama province is no longer surrounded with fear in the east, sadness and dust in the south like what Mohammed al-Maghout, the city’s well-known poet,  described it years ago. Today, Salamiyeh is surrounded...

Al Qaeda's Syria wing, the Nusra Front, has recaptured districts that lost last April in Yarmouk refugee camp after a counter attack on regime forces in the embattled district in Damascus, killing 25 soldiers and militants, activists said on Thursday. Activists said Nusra had taken buildings...

A key rebel group operating under Southern Front in Daraa province, said over disputes with other rebel groups it will not continue its mission as a guardian of Nasib border crossing which rebels had captured last April, according to statement issued Wednesday. Yarmouk Army said some rebel...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad signed a law ratifying a $1 billion credit line from top regional ally Iran, Syria's state news agency SANA said on Wednesday, funds which will help ease economic strains from the costly war. The agreement was between two state-owned banks, the...