10/05/2014

Fighters from Jabhat al-Nusra and other groups were reported on Saturday to have retaken the area of Al Birej, which is located between the rebel-held district of Shiekh Najjar and the prison area. The UK-based Syrian Observatory…

A social media account supportive of the Al-Qaeda splinter organization the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) has publicized the recruitment of minors as fighters in Aleppo province. The Twitter account this week published a…

HOMS, Syria: The last Syrian rebels left Homs’ Old City yesterday under an evacuation deal that hands the government a symbolic victory, as civilians began trickling back in to find neighbourhoods in rubble. The pullout leaves…

At least 60,000 people have fled towns in the Deir Ezzor province in eastern Syria which has been the scene of fierce clashes between rival rebel groups, opposition activists say. The al-Qaeda affiliated al-Nusra Front have been battling…

The last rebels were set to leave Syria's battleground city of Homs on Friday, handing a symbolic victory to President Bashar al-Assad in what was once dubbed the capital of the revolution.   For two years the rebels fought to keep…

Homs (Syria) (AFP) - Syrians streamed back into the ruins of the Old City of Homs on Saturday, picking through the remains of their homes and trying to come to terms with the destruction. Related Stories Syria rebels…

The Obama administration has designated the offices of the Syrian Opposition Coalition a “foreign mission” in this country, a category that gives the group a symbolic boost in status but that falls well short of diplomatic recognition as…

Mohammed Alaa Ghanem is the senior political adviser and government relations director for the Syrian American Council in Washington, a board member of the Coalition for a Democratic Syria and a fellow at the Syrian Center for Political…