AFP- More than 100,000 civilians have fled the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor because of fierce clashes between rival jihadist groups, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Saturday. The British-based monitoring group also said the clashes between Al-Qaeda affiliate...

By EA World View - A story that illustrates the “patchwork war”, defying immediate headlines that either side is “winning” in Syria’s 38-month conflict…. While the Syrian regime has proclaimed victory in its Qalamoun offensive between Damascus and the Lebanese border,...

A senior UN aid official accused the Syrian government on Friday of blockading medical supplies from convoys bound for opposition-held areas and called for a fresh international push to end the conflict. "Medical supplies are being removed from convoys as part of a strategy to...

BEIRUT (AP) — Two years ago, it seemed almost inevitable that Syrian President Bashar Assad would be toppled. Despite a fierce military crackdown, people were still taking to the streets in exuberant anti-government protests and rebels were pressing their fight deeper into the...