Syrian rebels converged Monday on a military airport in Aleppo, where troops massed for a threatened assault, as the United States said it was considering "all possible options" to help the opposition. Buoyed by victory in the strategic town of Qusayr on the border with Lebanon, President...

A decade after the   United States ’ invasion of Iraq ignited a season of deadly bloodletting between Sunni and Shia Muslims, this ancient divide in Islam is deepening throughout the   Middle East , aggravating political and ethnic tensions, inflaming emotions and...

  HERMEL,   Lebanon   — The strategic city of Qusayr in Syria has fallen to the Syrian Army, and the shock waves are still being felt in Lebanon, where increased fighting vividly indicates how Syria's 27-month-old civil war has destabilized the entire region....

 In protest against the Iranian intervention in Syria, number of Syrian activists call to organize large demonstrations in front of Iranian embassies in throughout the world. The activists said in a statement that this call represents an important step to draw the public...