I am on my knees, hands behind my head, on a border-crossing between Turkey and Syria. A Turkish border guard stoops over me menacingly, the nozzle of his Kalashnikov pressing against my upper thigh as he barks something in an unfamiliar language. What does he want? My...

  Leaked YouTube video by activists shows the Commander of military special operations in Aleppo, Brigadier Mohammed Khaddour next to Mohamed Wahid Akkad, and Governor of Aleppo in meeting with 'Shabiha' pro-Assad's militia in the Shi'ite villages of nobbol and Zahra....

  The UN refugee agency on Tuesday said it has been seeing small numbers of refugees arriving in eastern Lebanon after escaping from the embattled Syrian town of Al Qusayr, where heavy fighting flared up three weeks ago.   The refugees, mostly women and...

  The United States is withholding $63 million that it had pledged to the main Syrian opposition organization because the Obama administration is frustrated with the group’s disarray and is searching for more credible partners to support in the rebellion against Syrian President Bashar...