Syrian regime troops Saturday captured a rebel-held town near a famed Crusader castle in the strategic province of Homs, state media and a monitoring group said, after nearly a month of fighting. The town of Zara, near the Krak des Chevaliers castle in Homs province, fell to government...

Activists  have posted the names of 33 men  who they claim were Hezbollah fighters killed in the regime offensive near Yabroud, northeast of Damascus. Pro-Assad forces have tried for almost a month to close on Yabroud, the biggest city in the Qalamoun region. On Friday,...

The rebel Free Syrian Army has confirmed the appointment of its new chief, Brigadier General Abdel Ilah al-Bashir, after former head General Selim Idriss had initially refused to step down. The FSA confirmed "the dismissal of Idriss and the appointment of... Bashir as head of the Supreme...

An al-Qaeda breakaway group says it faces a war with rival Islamic factions who want to destroy it, describing Syria's al-Qaeda-linked branch as the "front of betrayal and treason". The statement by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Friday came a week after the leader...