An Italian Jesuit priest who disappeared last month in eastern Syria may still be alive, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday, almost a week after it said he had been killed by al Qaeda-linked rebels. The British-based monitoring group cited sources close to the Islamic...

 Four rockets fired from Syria slammed into the northern Bekaa Valley Sunday, terrifying residents and causing them to remain in their homes. Three rockets fell on the city of Hermel, landing in the playground of a closed school and in the neighborhood of Ras al-Mal. The damage was...

  The regime army has recaptured all rebel-held positions in Latakia, President Bashar al-Assad's home province, state-run SANA news agency reported Monday quoting a military source to AFP. "The army retook control of the Nabi Ashia mountain range and adjoining areas in the...

Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Saturday condemned Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, saying his recent  speech  threatened to further involve Lebanon in the Syria war. “I listened to speech by Hezbollah secretary general. It was rather balanced at first, and...