Forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad have launched a major offensive on the outskirts of the besieged city of Homs, state media and its loyalist outlets reported. Al-Alam, an Iranian satellite channel, reported on Saturday that the extensive military action aimed at purging the...

At least nine people were killed when Syrian regime helicopters dropped explosive-filled barrels on two neighbourhoods of the northern city of Aleppo on Saturday, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported at least seven people killed in a double car...

Syria is transferring some of its most prized weapon systems to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, according to US officials cited by leading US newspapers, according to  JANEs Defence Magazine . The Wall Street Journal reported on 2 January that Yakhont anti-ship missile...

Two roadside bombs exploded near a patrol car in Cairo Friday, and police fired tear gas at supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi in Alexandria, security officials in Egypt said. One policeman was slightly wounded when his patrol car was hit by two roadside bombs in a Cairo...