Syrian rebels have taken the Gharz central prison in Daraa in southern Syria, freeing about 300 to 400 detainees. Al-Omari brigades, Islamist rebel group, also say they have taken the vehicle training grounds to the south of the prison and a “secret facility”. Syria...

A 107-year-old woman who fled the conflict in Syria has arrived in Germany to be reunited with her family, including her newborn great-great-granddaughter, officials said Monday. Sabria Khalaf had fled her home in Syria seven months ago with her son Kenan, travelling to Turkey and then...

 Lebanese demonstrators blocked several roads throughout the country on Tuesday evening in protest at what they called a "siege" on the Sunni Muslim town of Arsal on the border with Syria. The road to Arsal was blocked by residents of the Shi'ite Muslim town of al-Labwa who...

At least eight people were killed and 15 others wounded in a mortar shelling on suburbs of Syria's capital of Damascus Tuesday evening, the pro-government Sama TV reported. The mortars targeted the southern suburbs of Babila, Yalda, Beit Sahem, the report said, adding that ambulances...