KHAN AL-SUBUL, Syria — Under the leadership of a young, battle-hardened rebel commander, the men entrusted with the first American missiles to be delivered to the Syrian war are engaged in an ambitious effort to forge a new, professional army. Abdullah Awda, 28, says...

(Reuters) - War and drought have crippled Syria's wheat crop, with some experts now forecasting output of the staple food could fall to around a third of pre-war levels, and possibly even below 1 million metric tons ( 1 metric ton = 1.1023 tons) for the first time in 40 years....

Reporting by George Hadad; Translation by Dani Murad The ongoing conflict in Syria has its major impact on the Syrian regime in a war the caused severe attrition in its soldiers, where many either killed, ran away to escape death, or defected to defend the...

Islamist rebels blew up Friday morning Tamico Complex, well-known Assad’s stronghold near Mleiha in the eastern districts of Syrian capital, activists reported. The key Islamist rebel group, Islam Amy, backed by Shabab al-Huda rebel group have detonated the complex, no...