Syrian rebels on Saturday announced a new battle in the northern countryside of Hama province, looking to extend a territory they control to link captured Idlib province. Fatha Men Allah battle stated by attacking  regime checkpoints in Sahl al-Ghab. Major. Jamil Saleh, head of the...

Egypt opened the Rafah border crossing on Saturday to allow Palestinians to travel in and out of the Gaza Strip for the first time in three months, in a possible sign of easing tension between Cairo and Gaza's dominant Islamist Hamas movement. Gaza, a small impoverished coastal enclave, is...

The Syrian government says it has come through worse phases in the four-year-old conflict than the latest advances by insurgents across the country and is confident its army can hit back with the help of its allies. Western officials believe losses in recent months by President Bashar...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) documented, during the month of May 2015, 45 massacres at least as follows: A. Government forces: 38 massacres B. Daesh: three massacres C. Armed opposition factions: three massacres D. International Coalition forces: one massacre The regional...