The army has shrunk by nearly half since Syria's conflict erupted in 2011 but experts say the remaining military force is now both more flexible and capable. It has transformed itself from a traditional military built on the former Soviet model into an effective...

Reporting by MaMoun Abu Mohamed; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime’s forces has started unprecedented campaign to mandatorily recruit most males over 18 years old in the military services, even if they have official documents...

( Nahar Net )- The Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front released Monday a video in which Lebanese soldier Omar Khaled Shamtiyeh announces his defection from the army. Shamtiyeh accused the military of being “subordinate to” Hizbullah and of “killing the Sunni youths” in the...

(AFP)- Lebanon has all but closed its borders to refugees fleeing Syria's civil war, overwhelmed by an influx of over one million people displaced by fighting, UN and Lebanese officials said Saturday. Quoted by Lebanon's Al-Akhbar newspaper, Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas...