The fall of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt  has put a new spring in the step of Bashar al-Assad, who sees it as a sign that Islamists - including those spearheading the Sunni-dominated rebellion against him - are in decline. Exuding confidence after a recent successful army...

    Syrian rebels have intensified their blockade of government-held areas in the northern city of Aleppo, where residents now face severe food shortages, opposition activists said on Tuesday. Bustan al-Qasr route, had been blocked by FSA units. 'We can't move food at...

Nora Husari worked at a beauty salon before the war in Syria broke out. Today, she carries an AK-47 and plays a deadly game of cat and mouse in the bombed out remains of her former home. "I've seen children and women crying in front of my eyes because Bashar al-Assad killed their...

  The Information Office of the Revolutionary Command Council in Damascus said That Egyptian security forces had arrested and deported a group of young Syrians and Palestinians, on charges of fomenting riots, ''they are now being detained in the prisons of the regime of Bashar...