Rebel fighters captured a major base from the Syrian army in the south of the country on Tuesday, rebels and a monitoring group said, a setback for President Bashar al-Assad reflecting the mounting pressure on him after recent losses elsewhere. Syrian officials could not immediately be reached...

Tripoli- Lebanon (The Daily Star)- A fire broke out at a Syrian refugee camp in the northern town of Minyeh Thursday, destroying 13 tents and lightly injuring two people, three days after another fire killed a refugee baby in an east Lebanon camp. Firefighters rushed to the scene and put out...

Syrian troops and militia battled on Wednesday to repel an Islamic State attack on the city of Hasaka in the northeast, and a Kurdish official said the government forces may not be able to hold off the jihadists. Hasaka city is divided into zones run separately by the government...

Steady advances by insurgents on key fronts in Syria mean President Bashar al-Assad is under more military pressure than at any point in the four-year-old war. Losses in the north, east and south to groups including al Qaeda's Syrian arm and Islamic State may test Assad's hold...