Syrian refugees in Lebanon will not be able to return home as long as the Bashar al-Assad regime rejects taking them back, veteran Lebanese politician Walid Jumblatt said Monday. Jumblatt, president of the Progressive Socialist Party, said the refugees are afraid to go back home out of...

Syrian regime forces will reclaim control of northeastern areas controlled by the US-backed Kurds, whether by force or through reconciliation, the defence minister warned Monday. Marginalised for decades, Syria's minority Kurds have carved out a de-facto autonomous region across some 30...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian security forces have threntend to storm Hama Central Prison in two weeks if the detainees keep their rebellion over death sentences for fellow inmates, source told Zaman al-Wasl Sunday.   The Syrian police backed by the political Security Division seek...

US-backed forces said Sunday thousands of people were believed to still be inside the last Islamic State group enclave in eastern Syria, as they sought to flush out die-hard fighters with sporadic shelling. Tens of thousands of dishevelled women, children and men have streamed out of the...