17/03/2014

Syrian rebels fleeing Yabroud in the Qalamoun region raced toward the Lebanese border town of Arsal Sunday, prompting boosted measures along the border by Lebanon’s army, security sources said. Hundreds of rebels were seen on Arsal’s…

The Islamic Republic of Iran has devised a four-point plan to help resolve the ongoing crisis in Syria, says a top Iranian official. Tehran will discuss the outline of the plan with visiting UN-Arab League Special Representative for…

The United States said on Friday that the prospect of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad running for a re-election would be “disgusting,” three years into a crushing civil war ripped the country. "We’ve been clear that Assad has lost all…

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem is recovering in a Beirut hospital after undergoing heart surgery on Friday, Syrian state media said. Muallem had been admitted to the American University of Beirut Medical Center on Thursday,…

The U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, arrived in Tehran on Sunday for talks on the Syria crisis with top Iranian officials, media reports said. The Fars news agency said he would meet President Hassan Rouhani and…

AFP, Lebanon/Baalbak Saturday, 15 March 2014 One person was killed and three wounded on Saturday in eastern Lebanon by rockets fired from neighbouring Syria, a security source told AFP. Four rockets hit the Nabi Uthman and…

A key rebel supply town fell to Syrian government forces on Sunday, according to Syrian state television. Iranian-backed Hezbollah fighters had backed troops of President Bashar al-Assad in the battle, according to the opposition…

DAMASCUS - Syrian troops on Sunday seized full control of the rebel bastion Yabrud in the strategic Qalamun region near the Lebanese border, Syrian state media reported. "Our brave armed forces have full control over Yabrud in…

Syria's army, backed by fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, seized control of the rebel stronghold Yabrud on Sunday, state media said, dealing the opposition a heavy symbolic and strategic blow. "Our brave armed forces have full…

Syrian troops have seized a major rebel-held town near the Lebanese border. State media and activists say Syrian soldiers took control Sunday of Yabroud, the rebels' last stronghold in the Qalamoun region, where government forces…