A new U.N. report names 21 countries where rape and other sexual violence has been committed in current and recent conflicts, from Afghanistan and Central African Republic to Myanmar and Syria. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's report, launched Thursday, says there is now unprecedented...

A senior Hezbollah commander,   speaking to Martin Chulov of The Guardian , explains the reason for the Lebanese organization’s intervention alongside the Assad regime this spring: We are defending our lands. We are defending our interests. If the takfiris...

  Troops backed by Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah fighters and other pro-regime militiamen on Thursday retook Sbeineh, a major rebel enclave south of Damascus, a monitoring group and state television said.   "Sbeineh was one of the most important...

Syrian activists circulated a photo for the commander (Pictured) of Iran's Revolutionary Guards who has been killed in  Syria  after volunteering to defend a Shi'ite shrine in Damascus, the Iranian Mehr news agency said on Monday. Commander Mohammad Jamalizadeh of the...