Key rebel group the Islamic Front said that the state of Iraq and The Levant (ISIL) carried the responsibility of Bab al-Hawa’s double bombing Monday. Two car bombs exploded Monday afternoon on the Syrian side of the Bab al-Hawa border crossing...

Two car bombs exploded Monday afternoon on the Syrian side of the Bab al-Hawa border crossing between Syria and Turkey. The border crossing is under control of the Islamic Front, activists accused the state of Iraq and The Levant of the car bombs as a response to the...

Forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad are preparing to attack rebel towns in the countryside of Homs city, activists say. 7000 regular soldiers and 2000 militants (National Defence militia) backed with 20 tanks will break into rebel-held towns of al-Zara and al-Huson towns in...

The trial in absentia of four Hezbollah members accused of murdering former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri in 2005 opens at a UN-backed court on Thursday, with sectarian violence an undiminished threat at home. Nine years after the huge Beirut car bombing killed billionaire...