Syrian opposition fighters have re-entered the historic Christian town of Maalula north of Damascus, as they battle regime troops in the surrounding Qalamoun region, a monitoring group said on Saturday.   "Fierce clashes are under way between...

More than two dozen companies have expressed interest in destroying Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, sources at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), told Reuters on Friday. The global chemical weapons watchdog is seeking commercial firms to destroy toxins...

  Unknown Armed group posted online a video purporting killing of top Bashar al-Assad’s men in Deir Zour. ‘’The Tremendously, Heroic and Incredibly Successful Republican Guard Commander General Issam Zahreddine,’’ as pro-Assad media used to call him, has been...

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...