Fierce clashes raged around the town of Morek on the strategic road between Hama and Idlib, which the army needs in order to supply a base in the province. The army has been trying to capture Morek and secure the road, but the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human...

At least five people were killed and more than 20 wounded on Thursday in a bomb blast near a security headquarters in central Syria's city of Hama, a monitor said. "A truck packed with explosives detonated... near a branch of the military intelligence, killing at least five people and...

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has expressed his "solidarity" with Russian President Vladimir Putin's position on the crisis in Ukraine, state media reported on Thursday. In a telegram, Assad "expressed... Syria's solidarity with Putin's efforts to restore security and stability to...

Libyan government says third son of late former Libyan leader has been handed over and is now in a Tripoli prison. Niger has extradited Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi to the Libyan capital Tripoli, the Libyan government has said. The third son of the former Libyan leader is being...

A haunting video, following a young British girl whose life descends into disarray when  conflict breaks out in London, is capturing attention worldwide this week. The video , by  Save the Children UK , was released in the lead-up to the third...

Qatar will not bow to demands from three Gulf states to alter its foreign policy, sources close to its government said, suggesting Doha is unlikely to abandon support for Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and Syrian Islamists. In an unprecedented move, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates...

At least 15 people were killed and 12 others wounded in a car bomb blast in the central Syrian city of Homs on Thursday, an NGO said. "At least 15 people were killed and 12 others injured in the Armenian district, which is home to mostly Christians and Alawites," said Rami Abdel...

 "The good times are over," a Doha-based diplomat told me glumly last week, as if foretelling the political earthquake about to hit Qatar. On March 5, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain announced in a joint statement that they were withdrawing their ambassadors...

In an attempt to find answers regarding the deteriorating Syrian economy “Eqtsad "made an interview with Dr. Hussein Alamash , an economist and former director of the unemployment committee in Syria. DR Ammash assured that If the regime has not fallen yet, the Syrian...

 The U.S. State Department announced on Wednesday that it has ordered Syria's U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari to remain within a 25-mile (40-km) radius of New York City, similar to restrictions that apply to Iranian and North Korean envoys. A pro-opposition Syrian-American group,...

Cases of serious suffocation reported in Deir al-Zour’s field hospitals following a regime chlorine attack Tuesday evening, according to medical sources. A number of rebels with symptoms of asphyxia, and Nervosism were rushed to field hospitals from al-Rushdia...

Syria’s key opposition group agreed on settlement ending up the dilemma has erupted since the dismissal of the Military council chief two weeks ago, activists said. The last 48-hour meetings between the National Coalition chief, Ahmad Jarba, and top field commanders of the...

 Israel said it intercepted a ship Wednesday carrying an Iranian shipment of advanced rockets bound for Palestinian militants, claiming it proved Tehran could not be trusted in international nuclear talks. The announcement came hours after Israel said it struck two Hezbollah...

Widespread attacks and sieges on civilian areas in Syria by pro-Government forces are leading to mass casualties, malnutrition and starvation, according to the latest report of the independent international Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, due to be presented to the...

    Evidence shows chemical weapons used in two attacks came from the Syrian government's stockpiles, a panel of U.N. investigators said Wednesday in a new report that needled world powers as deserving some of the blame for the country's atrocities because of their...

   Two developments took place in the past month that point to remarkable changes within Syria's Islamist landscape. In early February, al Qaeda's central leadership disavowed the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) -- a favor ISIS repaid a few weeks later, when it...

68 deaths in Urology section within 3 months, in the national hospital in al-Raqqa, among them a child and 13 women, according to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Those deaths resulted from breaking down of 15 medical instruments and machin related to renal function...

Israel's army said Wednesday it struck two members of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah as they tried to plant a bomb near the Israeli-Syrian border. "Earlier today, two Hezbollah-affiliated terrorists were identified attempting to plant an explosive device near the Israel-Syria...

Syria carried out air raids inside Lebanon on Wednesday close to the Syrian border and near one of the last rebel-held Syrian border towns, Lebanese security sources said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damages from the air strikes, which the sources said appeared to...

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain said on Wednesday they were withdrawing their ambassadors from Qatar because Doha had not implemented an agreement among Gulf Arab countries not to interfere in each others’ internal affairs. The move, reported in a joint...