Iran's foreign minister slammed potential US-led airstrikes against Syria as "illegal" on a visit to Baghdad Sunday, while his Iraqi counterpart warned they would hinder efforts towards a political solution. Mohammad Javed Zarif said military action was barred under the United Nations...

It is predicted that the Syrian intelligence has been trying to identify members of opposition and in particular members of the Syrian National Council and to estimate their properties and wealth in Syria. That has been confirmed by the document directed from the Head of the Office...

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...