13/05/2014

Now that Syrian government forces have entered Homs—the cradle of the Syrian revolution and a model of justice and freedom whose people have made supreme sacrifices for the sake of the Syrian uprising—some frank remarks must be made.…

The dead include: 33 civilians, 33 islamic and rebel fighters, 30 regular soldiers, 4 islamic, rebel and al-Nusra fighters, 11 unidentified rebel and islamic fighters, 24 combatants from the NDF, popular defence committees and…

Syrian rebels have blown up a luxury hotel turned army base in the historic heart of Aleppo after tunnelling under the frontline in the conflict that divides the northern city. State television gave no word on any casualties from the…

More than 100,000 civilians have fled the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor because of fierce clashes between rival extremist opposition groups, AFP reported Saturday (May 10th). The clashes between al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front…

The Al-Qaeda splinter group ISIS has wrested control of key parts of the eastern Syrian province of Deir al-Zor from other rebel groups, activists said Sunday, worsening infighting that has handicapped the insurgency against President…

Beirut: More than 100,000 civilians have fled the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor because of fierce clashes between rival jihadist groups, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Saturday. The British-based monitoring…

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Syrian opposition is to set up a body to coordinate action against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, currently the scene of fierce fighting between rebel groups.…

Thousands of Syrians have returned to war-battered parts of the central city of Homs, many making plans to move back as opposition activists expressed bitterness over the oppositions' surrender of their strongholds to pro-government forces…

AMMAN, May 8 (KUNA) -- Fourteen pro-Syrian regime elements were killed on Thursday in a blast that ripped through the Carlton Hotel in Aleppo, north of the country.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that a huge explosion…

In a botched attempt to stop drinking water reaching government-held districts of Aleppo, rebels managed to cut off water supplies to large parts of the city in northern Syria including their own strongholds. Women and children are being…