Lebanon launched a massive public health initiative on Friday to vaccinate all children under five against polio, following a confirmed outbreak of the crippling disease last month in neighboring war-torn Syria. The task is a daunting one in Lebanon, where more than 800,000 refugees...

  The United States sought on Friday to persuade the Syrian opposition to agree to attend international peace talks in Geneva, a day before President Bashar al-Assad's opponents gather to decide on the issue, opposition sources said.   U.S. envoy Robert...

  The leader of al-Qaeda has ordered the re-organization of jihadist efforts in Syria and Iraq by abolishing the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) and giving the Nusra Front sole responsibility for activities in war-torn Syria.   In an audio tape...

  7 Rebel groups announced in video statement the establishment of a command room to launch the battle of al Badiya (Desert) in north Syria. The main goal according to the fighting groups is to cut the logistic supplies of Bashar al-Assad. More than 120,000...