Heavy artillery shelling on the city of Homs in Syria had caused a complete destruction of Khalid Ibn Al- Walid shrine, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told AFP. Khalid Ibn Al- Walid mosque that hold the shrine is located in an area controlled by the armed...

  If radical Islamist rebels fighting in Syria are left “unchecked,” they could gain sway over the many disparate factions opposing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a top Pentagon intelligence official told Reuters on Saturday. “Left unchecked, I’m very concerned that the most...

  Cairo will “re-examine” diplomatic ties with Syria that were severed last month under ousted president Mohammad Mursi, Egypt’s foreign minister, Nabeel Fahmi, said on Saturday. “Everything will be re-examined,” Fahmi said of the decision to sever ties with Syria. “It...

Syrian state television claims that a pro-government group has hacked into two social messaging networks and seized records of local users. Such a hack could expose Syrian rebels and other activists who depend on the networks to publicize army crackdowns on their hometowns and...