Islamist rebels have targeted Bashar al-Assad’s hometown by Grad missiles,   Islam Army spokesman told Zaman Alwasl. Captain, Islam Alloush said that the main Islamic Front unit, Islam Army, had targeted six bases of Assad’s forces in Latakia city by Grad...

A group of nuns held by rebels in Syria for more than three months have been released and are on their way to Damascus via Lebanon. A Lebanese security source said the nuns had been taken to the Lebanese town of Arsal earlier in the week and were headed to Syria on Sunday...

A large Qatar-backed bloc that left Syria's opposition National Coalition has reversed its decision and wants to rejoin, setting the scene for a clash with the group's Saudi-backed president, opposition sources said on Sunday. The 40-member bloc, which quit the 120-member coalition...

Russia  paid a heavy financial price on Monday for its military intervention in neighboring Ukraine, with  stocks ,  bonds and the ruble plunging as President Vladimir Putin's forces tightened their grip on the Russian-speaking Crimea region. The Moscow stock...