21/03/2014

Syrian troops have captured a famed Crusader castle near the border with Lebanon, raising the two-starred government flag above the stone ramparts of the 12th century fortress after days of intense clashes with rebel fighters. Lebanese…

DAMASCUS - Syrian regime forces seized the famed Crusader fort Krak des Chevaliers on Thursday, marking a significant advance in their drive to seal the Lebanese border and sever rebel supply lines. "The Syrian Arab Army raises the flag of…

BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian troops closed a border crossing with Lebanon on Thursday amid heavy clashes with rebels in the area that activists said killed 12 people. The fighting forced dozens of wounded to pour across the volatile boundary to…

By Staff writer | Al Arabiya News Friday, 21 March 2014 Syrians constituted the largest group seeking asylum in industrialized countries in 2013 for the first time, the United Nations refugee agency said in a report released on…

Syrian government has reduced its chemical weapons potential close to zero, state-run RIA news agency quoted an unnamed official at the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying on Friday Al Arabiya reported   "Chemical weapons production…

The UN refugee agency says the number of Syrian asylum seekers in developed countries doubled last year from 2012, as the turmoil in the Arab country entered its fourth year. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a…

The first of “several hundred” Syrian refugees to be brought to Britain as part of a Government scheme to relocate some of the most vulnerable people fleeing the bloody civil war are expected to arrive with weeks. The high-profile scheme…