An unknown number of casualties have been reported after a car bomb exploded at a Hezbollah position near the town of Labweh in eastern Lebanon at dawn on Tuesday. "A blast went off at around 4:00 am (0200 GMT) ... causing deaths and injuries," a security source told Agence...
Syria Islamist rebels denounced in statement, obtained by Zaman Alwasl, claims of killing over 80 civilians in the city of Adra al-Ummaliya northwest of Damascus. The statement denied also kidnapping some families in order to be used as human shields. Adra battle...
The Syrian government excluded the largely rebel-held province of Deir al-Zor - where polio broke out this year - from a 2012 vaccination campaign, arguing that most residents had fled although hundreds of thousands were still there, a Reuters investigation shows. Public health...
Syrian opposition rebels have acquiesced to the Assad army threats of committing genocide in Dumeir city, and they give back 150 corpses of forces loyal to Assad, local activists said. Gen. Jayez Mousa, Commander of Dumeir Military airbase, most Assad army powerful...