Mortar fire in front of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, one of the oldest mosques in the world, has left four people dead and 26 wounded, Syrian state media has reported. The shells fell on Friday, the Muslim day of prayer when people traditionally go to mosque at noon for the weekly...

Irish troops serving on the  United Nations  (UN) mission in  Syria  have come under fire from anti government armed forces, with a number of their vehicles damaged in a morning ambush but no serious injuries reported. It is the first time Irish troops have been...

Another Scud missile by Bashar al-Assad army hit al-Raqqa city within two days, leaving mass destruction with unconfirmed number of casualties, activists said. First footage posted online showed huge rubble in Seif al-Dawla neighborhood. The first Scud missile...

A Scud missile stormed al-Raqqa city east Syria, killing 35 people at least and wounding dozens, activists said. The long-range and destructive missile was fired from '3rd Division', Assad's Scud big arsenal in Qalamoun Hill. UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human...