Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad killed at least 13 members of a family in the Sunni Muslim village of Baida on Sunday, in what activists said was the second massacre there, according to Reuters. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said four women and six children...

Kurdish rebels freed Abu Musa, the local commander of al-Qaeda-linked group in Tel Abyad near Syria's northern border, Reuters reported.   Abu Musa, the local commander of a Syrian rebel group affiliated to al-Qaeda, was freed on Sunday after being held by Kurdish forces during a...

Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) strongly denounced the systematic destruction of mosques and Islamic monuments in Syria by the forces of the Syrian regime and its sectarian militias. ISESCO stated that tens of mosques and Islamic landmarks have...

Military support from  Iran  and its Shi'ite ally Hezbollah has given Syrian President Bashar al-Assad new impetus in his fight against the insurgents intent on ousting him, but at a price. Assad now risks losing much of his autonomy to Tehran and becoming a pawn in a wider...