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Saudi intelligence chief back to the forefront

Prince Bandar bin Sultan is on his way back to Riyadh where he will resume his tasks as head of Saudi Intelligence, an informed source tells Al Arabiya News.  “This is without doubt bad news for Tehran, Damascus and Hezbollah, particularly that anti-Saudi media has been...

Aleppo bears brunt of fight over fragmented Syria

Aleppo is central to President Bashar al-Assad's goal of rescuing a viable state from the ruins of Syria; hence the grim message from his forces to its residents, that one equals five. "We told them every shell (they fire) equals five barrel bombs," said Amar, a local policeman in...

Unlawful Air Attacks terrorize Aleppo: HRW

New satellite imagery, videos and eyewitness accounts reveal the indiscriminate nature of the government’s large-scale air campaign on opposition-held parts of Aleppo since November 2013. The attacks on populated areas in Aleppo and its countryside continue despite a UN Security...

Syrian forces battle rebels near Turkey border crossing

Syrian troops backed by war planes battled on Monday to dislodge Islamist rebels from a border crossing and northern town in the coastal province of Latakia, heartland of President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority. Fighters from the Islamic Front and al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front...