Homs (Syria) (AFP) - The last rebels were set to leave Syria's battleground city of Homs on Friday, handing a symbolic victory to President Bashar al-Assad in what was once dubbed the capital of the revolution. For two years the rebels fought to keep besieging government forces at...

Syrian social media activists have launched on Thursday a new hashtag on Twitter # BloodElections “to expose the coming presidential elections,” calling for all activists inside Syria and abroad to take apart in the campaign.   The campaign organizers...

UK politicians have demanded that Britons fighting in Syria have their passports withdrawn, calling the step "a vital tool" in preventing people from joining foreign conflicts. The recommendation appeared in a 246-page counter-terrorism report , published on Friday, from the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Stepping up pressure on Syria, the Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned six Syrian officials and a Russian bank for their alleged support of the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, who has been fighting opposition forces in a 3-year-old bloody civil...