Known for her daring music videos, sell-out concerts and being at the front row of fashion shows worldwide, Lebanese pop diva Haifa Wehbe is now championing a more humanitarian cause closer to home. Wehbe was appointed on Friday as the Lebanese Communications Ambassador for Humanitarian...

  The U.N.’s humanitarian chief called Saturday for a cessation of hostilities in a Damascus suburb besieged for months by the Syrian army, so that food and vital medical aid can be delivered, Agence France-Presse reported. Some 3,000 people were evacuated from the area of...

  Islam Army in a statement circulated today on the Internet said many Russian soldiers have been killed by rebels ambush hit Assad army convoy in Palmyra province. The statement also said 3 Russian soldiers one of them in critical condition were  transferred...

At least 16 members of Syria's security forces were killed by a suicide vehicle bomber and ensuing clashes with rebels at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Damascus on Friday, an opposition monitoring group said. Syrian state television reported the blast but did not specify a death...