Afghanistan said on Wednesday that Mullah Omar, the elusive leader of the Taliban movement fighting to topple the government, died more than two years ago. The announcement came a day or so before a second round of peace talks had been tentatively scheduled, and news of the fate of the...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) documented, during the month of May 2015, 45 massacres at least as follows: A. Government forces: 38 massacres B. Daesh: three massacres C. Armed opposition factions: three massacres D. International Coalition forces: one massacre The regional...

Hezbollah’s leader has claimed to have made significant progress in the ongoing clashes in the Qalamoun mountain range, but warned that the battles are far from being over.  Yet analysts claim the Lebanese group, currently fighting in Syria alongside the Syrian government, is attempting...

 The U.N. Security Council on Monday demanded all parties to the Syrian civil war allow humanitarian aid to reach without obstruction the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus, a site that Islamist militants had recently seized. The unanimous appeal by the...