Syrian refugees in this border outpost were delighted to hear their home town of Azaz had been liberated - not from Bashar al-Assad's troops but from al-Qaeda fighters who subjected them to a regime that included torture and public beheadings. For Syrians who three years ago rose...

Dozens of Assad's forces and militias loyal to it were killed on Saturday in a successful operation conducted by Deir al-Zor rebels, activist reported. The rebels blew up fuel tanks and ammunition stores in the regime’s security square near the military hospital in "Ghazi...

Three northeastern provinces of  Syria  face an "alarming" food crisis, although access to relieve the impact of civil war has improved somewhat elsewhere, a U.N. aid agency said on Monday. Western powers and U.N. human rights investigators have accused the Syrian...

The woman and her 3 children, who had been included in the Nuns swap yesterday, are the family of rebel top commander based in Qalamoun, activists said. The swap in which Assad’s regime freed 151 female detainees, has included too the family of of top commander in...