Syrian rebels, including jihadists, have taken control of the historic Christian town of Maalula, north of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights watchdog and a resident said on Sunday. "Overnight, Syrian regime troops moved into the village, but rebel forces sent reinforcements...

 Forests are being burned Assad's continuous shelling on the coastal mountainous of Turkmans and Kurds, Local source reported to Zaman Alwasl.   The rebels suffer the lack of most basic means of firefighting; they depend on water cannons.   Activists...

Iranian-backed Shiite militias are threatening to retaliate against American interests inside Iraq if the United States goes ahead with strikes against the Tehran-allied government in neighboring Syria, according to Iraqi security officials and militants themselves. Iraqi officials say they...

An error in a front page article published by  The New York Times  has elicited strong condemnation from supporters of the Syrian opposition on Friday for what they see as a misrepresentation of moderate rebels in the Syrian conflict. On Thursday, the  Times  piece "...