More than a dozen rockets and mortar rounds fired from  Syria  struck eastern  Lebanon  Saturday,  security officials  said, as tensions rise in the two countries' borderlands where Hezbollah militants are playing a bigger role in  Syria 's civil war....

As fighting in Qusayr rages, Ban Ki-moon issues urgent appeal to Syria to protect civilians.   New York, 1 June 2013 - Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the situation in Qusayr, Syria   The Secretary-General is...

 Around 1,000  members of the Pakistani Taliban have been killed in clashes near the Syrian capital city of Damascus, according to Press TV, the Iranian English news channel.   ''It's an exaggeration to amount of Jihaddist in Syria'' Activist said to...

Thousands of people who have fled the besieged Syrian town of Al-Qusayr are in dire need of aid, the UN's refugee agency said Friday, as its tally for Syrians who have escaped their war-torn nation topped 1.6 million .   UNHCR spokesperson Dan McNorton...