May 2014

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…

Human Rights Watch says evidence "strongly suggests" the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons against his own people in mid-April. The group, which investigates allegations of human rights abuses, says the…

ABOARD THE ARK FUTURA, EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, May 13 (Reuters) - Denmark, providing one of two container vessels taking delivery of Syrian chemical weapons for destruction, urged Damascus on Tuesday to expedite the process and said it…

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…