Syrian government forces carried out heavy air strikes on rebel positions in and around the northern city of Aleppo on Friday, aiming to repel a major Islamist-led offensive on areas controlled by President Bashar al-Assad. Thursday's attack, the most intense insurgent offensive in Aleppo in...

Syrian regime television said on Friday  warplanes had bombed targets near the insurgent-held town of Zabadani near the frontier with Lebanon, destroying an ammunition store and a factory for making rockets, Reuters said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported heavy fighting...

(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of Syrian children being forced to work keeps growing as the conflict drags on, with those as young as six reportedly working in Lebanon, two aid agencies warned on Thursday. Syrian refugee children have become the joint or sole breadwinners in almost...

 The World Food Program (WFP) is to slash its aid to Syrian refugees due to a lack of funding, the UN agency announced on Wednesday. This month the agency will halve the value of food vouchers given to refugees in Lebanon to $13.50 per person per month. Furthermore, the WFP said in a...