Three people died overnight in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli in clashes between supporters and opponents of Syria's regime, bringing to nine the toll this week, an official said Saturday.   Sunni and Alawite gunmen have been fighting in the Bab al-Tebbaneh...

U.N.’s humanitarian chief should call for a cessation of hostilities not only in Moadamiyet al-Sham, Damascus suburbs, that has been besieged for months by the Syrian army, but also for the besieged neighborhoods of Homs, activists appealed, ''so that food and vital medical aid can be...

Nine Lebanese hostages held in Syria by rebels arrive in Lebanon as two kidnapped Turkish pilots return to Istanbul. Nine Lebanese pilgrims held hostage in Syria for 17 months arrived in Beirut after being freed in exchange for two Turkish Airlines pilots seized in Lebanon in August....

  Once seen as the capital of Syria's revolution, Homs is now caught in a vicious stalemate between regime and rebel forces. James Harkin, the British Guardian reporter visits a divided city, where kidnappings are rife and chemical disarmament a low priority I first met Abu Ali at...