A group of nuns from the historic Christian town of Maalula in Syria denied they were kidnapped by rebels, in a video broadcast by Al-Jazeera news channel on Friday. The brief video shows the women, apparently in good health and comfortable, dressed in black religious garb in a room....
Syrian opposition activists on Thursday accused President Bashar al-Assad’s forces of again using poison gas in rebel-held areas, saying victims had been discovered with swollen limbs and foaming at the mouth. The activists told Reuters that two shells loaded with...
Hezbollah senior commander has been died of his wounds in Qalamoun battles, ‘’not gunned down outside his home in southern Beirut,’’ Qalamoun Media Center said. ''Hezbollah deliberately hides the truth to keep its fighters’ morale high,'' the...
The U.S. plans to begin sea trials by the end of the month of a merchant marine ship with special equipment on board that can destroy much of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, according to a U.S. Defense Department official who briefed reporters....
