On October 10, the al-Qaida-affiliated jihadist group Jabhat al-Nusra announced that it and allied rebels had taken over Daraa al-Balad, the “old town” section of the capital city of Daraa province in southern Syria. The city is divided into Daraa al-Balad and Daraa al-Mahata,...
A video message purporting to show a Russian man abducted in Syria set a deadline of five days for the release of a detained Saudi national in exchange for the Russian's freedom, Reuters reported. The footage posted on YouTube showed a bearded man...
Syrian forces seized a suburb of Damascus on Thursday from rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad in a push that has shored up government control of the capital's outskirts, state television reported. Assad's forces, backed by Shi'ite fighters from Lebanon, Iraq...
Assad's court freed 'The youngest known convicted prisoner' Tal al-Mallouhi Syrian First Criminal Court in Homs issued on Wednesday judicial decision to release immediately the youngest known convicted prisoner Tal al-Mallouhi, 22-year-old, after 45 months of imprisonment,...
