Syrian regime forces made advances on Sunday in the town of al-Nabk, one of the last rebel-held areas in Qalamoun region bordering Lebanon, a watchdog said. “There is fierce fighting in al-Nabk between government forces, backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, and...

A top military commander of Hezbollah, which is helping Syrian troops battle rebels, died in fighting Sunday in Syria, a Lebanese security source said. “Ali Bazzi, a high-ranking Hezbollah military commander, was killed today in a combat zone,” the source said without...

Syrian Opposition activists have sparkled major outrage via social media after circulating photos for an old man has been murdered by Iraqi militants in the town of al-Nabk, 68 km (40 miles) northeast of Damascus. Munir Abdul al-Hai (pictured), a man in his sixties has...

A group of nuns from the historic Christian town of Maalula in Syria denied they were kidnapped by rebels, in a video broadcast by Al-Jazeera news channel on Friday. The brief video shows the women, apparently in good health and comfortable, dressed in black religious garb in a room....