Assad's troops destructed one of the oldest synagogues in the world, according to a video on YOUTUBE was published by Syrian rebels.  Jobar's synagogue was a 2,000-year-old synagogue located in the suburb of Jobar, Damascus. It was built in commemoration of the biblical...

Omar Qatifaan, a 14-year-old media activist, was killed 21 May, 2013 while covering clashes between the Syrian Army and the rebel Free Army in the southern Daraa al-Ballad area of Syria near the border with Jordan. Youth media project  Syrian Documents  reported on his...

  The BBC has seen video and eyewitness testimony that appears to corroborate allegations of chemical weapons' use in the Syrian town of Saraqeb. So what do we know about the alleged instances of chemical weapons use in the conflict so far? Syria's chemical weapons stocks, and the...

The western Syrian town of Qusair has become a fiercely contested battleground between the forces of President Bashar al-Assad and rebel fighters. On 19 May, following weeks of skirmishes and bombardment by artillery and aircraft, government troops backed by Hezbollah militants launched a...