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Tripoli under Lebanon army control after sectarian killings

Lebanese authorities decided Monday to place Tripoli under army control for six months after a wave of sectarian killings linked to Syria's war left 11 dead in the main northern city. The decision was taken at a meeting between President Michel Sleiman, army chief General Jean Kahwaji...

Syria-fuelled violence kills three in Lebanon's Tripoli

Three people were killed overnight in fighting in the north Lebanese city of Tripoli, security sources said on Sunday, raising to nine the death toll in 24 hours of violence fuelled by sectarian tensions over Syria's civil war. The clashes between Tripoli's Alawite minority, which...

Rebels say Russian mercenaries helping Assad

Rebel group posted online a photo of an identity card of Russian mercenary working for Moran Security group in  Syria, more  documents   come among the mounting facts of involving the Russian security companies in war-torn country.   The...

Syrian PM tells ally Iran Assad is winning civil war

Syria's regime Prime Minister Wael Halki said on Saturday that Syrian government forces were winning the war with rebels and would not rest while a single enemy fighter remained at large. Maintaining Syria's unyielding response to Western calls for President Bashar al-Assad to step...