6 Rebel groups in Eastern Ghouta of Damascus have pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda-linked group, Al Nusra Front, Jihadist websites reported. Analysts considered the merger as a strong sign that NF is occupying more influence against the radical group, the State of Iraq...

  The jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has taken most of the town of al-Bab in Syria's Aleppo province after fighting with rebels, an NGO said Monday. The advance by the group in the country's turbulent north comes after 10 days of fighting pitting...

Top diplomats have discussed the possibilities of a Syrian ceasefire, with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov saying that President Bashar-Al Assad is willing to open aid access to devastated areas. Monday's meeting in Paris, attended by Lavrov and his US counterpart, Secretary...

Syria has become a major amphetamines exporter and consumer as the trauma of the country's brutal civil war fuels demand and the breakdown in order creates opportunity for producers. Drugs experts, traders and local activists say Syrian production of the most popular of the...