In the heart of Syria's devastated city of Homs, once hailed as the "capital of the revolution," President Bashar al-Assad looks down from a banner calling for his reelection. "Because you are a symbol of our victory and our resistance, we implore you to be a candidate for the...

The third anniversary of the outbreak of the Syrian uprising has been marked with powerful, creative new campaigns designed to stir the world’s conscience. Save the Children UK’s heart-wrenching video of the collapse of a young girl’s life into civil war has been viewed more than 25...

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem is scheduled to undergo bypass surgery after being admitted to a Beirut hospital, medical sources said Friday. The sources told The Daily Star that Moallem is in stable condition at the American University of Beirut-Medical Center's intensive...

 After three years of war in Syria, one of the things we have learnt is that al-Qaeda’s followers don’t really want to live in the seventh century. Their favoured social medium is Twitter, and they often use the modern vernacular when they tweet. Here is what one jihadist wrote...