05/01/2015

These extraordinary pictures give a glimpse into the daily lives of the women who form an all-female battalion, which provides aid and security in war-torn Aleppo in Syria. Pictured as they sit in shooting positions and walking the streets…

WASHINGTON – Standing at the intersection of three foreign policy crises and a perennial constitutional tension, Bob Corker, R-Tenn., incoming chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, may be the senator who matters most in 2015. Without…

  Rif Dimashq Province: Violent clashes took place yesterday between the regime forces supported by NDF and Hezbollah guerrillas against the Nusra Front, rebel and Islamic battalions in the barren area of al- Msherfeh town in al- Qalamun…

  Hama Province: The helicopters dropped 4 barrel bombs on areas in the town of Allatamneh this morning. They also dropped some barrel bombs on the village of Atshan in the eastern countryside of Hama.   Idlib Province: The…

Aleppo province: Shells fell on al-Khaldia neighborhood what wounded many civilians in addition to material damages in the area. Clashes took place between regime forces backed by NDF, Hezbollah and Non-Syrian fighters against Islamic…

SOHR was informed that YPG have taken over the governmental square area in Kobane, in addition to al-Refia, al-Sena'a, al-Tharura and al-Banat schools after violent clashes against ISIS, Clashes continue west of Mashta Nour…

Aleppo province: al-Shamia front and al-Mohajrin Wa al-Ansar army have taken over the black Majbal area in al-Brej after clashes against regime forces backed by Hezbollah, NDF and non-Syrian fighters, what wounded and killed no less than 20…

At least 16 militants were killed and 17 others injured in separate military ambushes in southern and northern Syria, media reported Sunday. The army ambushed a group of extremists in the vicinity of the airbase of Abu al-Duhur in the…

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanon will impose visa restrictions on Syrians coming into the country starting Monday, as it struggles to cope with the influx of refugees fleeing the conflict in its war-torn neighbor. Syrians previously…

Islamist fighters seized a suburb east of Damascus on Sunday after driving out a smaller rival insurgent group in deadly clashes, a monitoring group said, the latest example of rebel infighting in Syria's nearly four-year conflict.…