Rebels in the Syrian city of Hama have claimed that they are gradually making gains against the Syrian army, Al Jazeera's correspondent Jamal Elshayyal reports. Opposition fighters said they have been able to advance on government-held positions after receiving...
The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday began debating a Western-Arab draft resolution that would demand humanitarian aid access to besieged areas in conflict-torn Syria, a text Russia has dismissed as "detached from reality." The text was prepared by Australia, Luxembourg and Jordan,...
The Syrian city of Homs, dubbed "the capital of the revolution" by rebels, has been a key flashpoint since the early days of the almost three-year-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. A major battleground ever since a popular uprising rapidly morphed into an armed insurgency,...
Syria is transferring some of its most prized weapon systems to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, according to US officials cited by leading US newspapers, according to JANEs Defence Magazine . The Wall Street Journal reported on 2 January that Yakhont anti-ship missile...
