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...

Normal 0 21 false false false FR X-NONE AR-SA MicrosoftInternetExplorer4...

Turkish security forces on Sunday stopped and searched seven trucks near the Syrian border suspected to be loaded with weapons -- but let them go when they discovered Turkish intelligence personnel on board, according to media and officials. Local media reported that a big...

A powerful alliance of Syrian Islamist rebels rejected upcoming peace talks on Sunday, meaning that even if the talks reach an unlikely breakthrough in the three year old civil war, it will be harder to implement it on the ground. Syria's main political opposition group in exile, the...