Hundreds of men who took up arms against President Bashar al-Assad are defecting back to the government side, The Daily Telegraph has learnt. Disillusioned by the Islamist twist that the "revolution" in  Syria  has taken, exhausted after more than two years of conflict...

Arab Islamists and Kurdish militants, two of the most controversial armed groups in Syria’s civil war, for the past week have been battling each other for control of key towns close to the Turkish border after the Kurds announced a plan to declare local autonomy. The United States views...

 Lebanese government imposed new entry controls on Syrians on Tuesday and said it would begin shutting down unlicensed businesses as refugees continue to pour into the country. As of July 22, the UN says over 633,000 Syrians escaping their war-torn country have crossed into Lebanon....

  Syria's opposition coalition said on Tuesday it still did not have enough sophisticated weapons to turn the tide against forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and would try to convince Paris to provide more military help. Speaking ahead of a visit to the United States and the...