Argentine and FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi has also turned to Facebook to raise awareness for the suffering of Syrian children after his rival  Cristiano Ronaldo  took a similar move earlier Wednesday. Messi wrote on his Facebook page: “Don't let the #childrenofsyria...

The State of Iraq and al-Sham commander in Homs has been killed on Tuesday; both Assad’s forces and rebel fighters claimed his killing. “During clashes which took place between two militant groups in al-Rastan town in Homs province Abu al-Qaqa al-Tunisi was killed,” a...

The head of al Qaeda's Syrian arm has given rival Islamist militants five days to accept mediation to end their infighting or face a war which will "eradicate" them, according to an audio recording posted on Tuesday. Abu Mohammed al-Golani, leader of the Nusra Front, called on the...

 Syrian government forces are using a powerful type of cluster munition rocket not seen before in the conflict, Human Rights Watch said today. The new use of cluster munitions is causing civilian casualties and adding to the country’s already devastating legacy of unexploded...