10/03/2014

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syrian-government forces seized a village in the central province of Homs yesterday, state media and a monitoring group said. The move is part of a push for control of areas along the Lebanese border. The village of…

JDEIDET YABOUS, Syria—Thirteen Syrian nuns and three other women held captive by al Qaeda-linked rebels for nearly three months have been released. A pro-regime businessman living in Damascus said he was in negotiations with the Nusra…

BEIRUT - About a dozen nuns held in Syria for more than three months have been released and are on their way to Damascus via Lebanon, a Lebanese security source and church officials said on Sunday. The release was being…

Jdeidet Yabus (Syria) (AFP) - A group of nuns kidnapped by rebels in the Syrian town of Maalula in December were released early Monday thanks to Lebanese-Qatari mediation and handed to the Syrian authorities, an AFP journalist said. A…

(Reuters) -- About a dozen nuns held by rebels in Syria for more than three months have been released and are on their way to Damascus via Lebanon, a security source and church officials said on Sunday.   A Lebanese security source said…

(CNN) -- Thirteen nuns and three maids kidnapped in late November from a Greek Orthodox monastery in Syria were freed Sunday, a pro-Syrian government news network and Lebanese state media reported. The women were "less than a few hours"…

A group of nuns held by rebels in Syria for more than three months have been released and are on their way to Damascus via Lebanon. A Lebanese security source said the nuns had been taken to the Lebanese town of Arsal earlier in the week…

Twelve Lebanese and Syrian nuns who were kidnapped from the historic Christian town of Maaloula in December have been released and are now in the custody of Lebanese authorities. Lebanon's National News Agency confirmed the arrival of the…

A pro-Syrian government news network and Lebanese State media reported that the thirteen Greek Orthodox nuns and three maids that were kidnapped in late November from a Greek Orthodox monastery in Syria were freed on Sunday, March 9, 2014.…

BEIRUT: Government aircraft pounded the rebel stronghold of Yabroud Sunday as clashes raged near the town, according to anti-regime activists and a monitoring group. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human rights said three…