A deadly attack was launched by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad’s regime on the town of al-Nabk, a Damascus suburb on Friday, according to a statement from the Syrian National Coalition (SNC). In the statement, the SNC called on countries of the “free world” to...

Syrian Opposition activists have sparkled major outrage via social media after circulating photos for an old man has been murdered by Iraqi militants in the town of al-Nabk, 68 km (40 miles) northeast of Damascus. Munir Abdul al-Hai (pictured), a man in his sixties has...

  Syrian opposition activists on Thursday accused President Bashar al-Assad’s forces of again using poison gas in rebel-held areas, saying victims had been discovered with swollen limbs and foaming at the mouth. The activists told Reuters that two shells loaded with...

  Syrian President Bashar Assad, two and a half years into a blood-soaked rebellion against his rule, mourned Nelson Mandela's death on Friday, calling his life an inspiration for freedom fighters and a lesson to tyrants. Mandela, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, died...