I raq's foreign minister has told a pan-Arab newspaper that his country is unable to stop neighboring Iran from sending weapons to Syria through its airspace.  The London-based "Asharq al-Awsat" daily quoted Hoshyar Zebari as saying: "We reject and condemn the transfer of weapons...

  National Defense Army, pro-Assad's militia, said 200 fighters were killed since the beginning of the offensive, reliable source told Zaman Alwasl. Assad's troops fought with rebels in Homs in a battle seen as crucial to the Assad's attempts to drive a wedge between opposition-held...

Israel used a Turkish military base to launch one of its recent airstrikes against Syria from the sea, a reliable source told 'Russia Today'.  Israel has been under scrutiny since last week, when it was reported to be responsible for a July 5 depot attack in Latakia. News that Turkey...

“I am coming down in 5 minutes. No! Wait, I need to see you before we go to my family. He comes in and I expectbad news. What happened? My brother! Dead?! He cries and hands me his iphone to read a skype conference with his brother in Syria.” His brother is serving in the...