25/01/2015

US President Barack Obama strongly condemned the killing of one of two Japanese hostages by the Islamic State group, announced in a video that has not yet been officially authenticated. Obama's comments, echoed Saturday by British Prime…

A Syrian military airstrike killed more than 40 people in a rebel-held area near Damascus on Friday, a monitoring group and opposition activists said. The Local Coordination Committees, a grassroots opposition group, reported on its…

DAMASCUS, Syria, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Hundreds of Syrian civilians have been killed or wounded in airstrikes conducted by the regime of Bashar Al-Assad over the past four days, according to a human rights observatory group. The Syrian…

Some 100 US troops to arrive in the region in next few days to set up training sites for moderate rebels, Pentagon says. The first advance detachment of US troops responsible for training moderate Syrian opposition forces will…

By AFP | United Nations The United Nations says it has carried out 54 aid deliveries to Syrians through newly-authorized convoys from neighboring countries since July, helping around 600,000 people in rebel-held territory. The latest…

SIDON, Lebanon: A young Palestinian refugee from Syria was found shot dead in the south Lebanon refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh Saturday morning, a security source said. The man was identified as the 18-year-old Mohammad…

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD As recently as October, Secretary of State John Kerry argued that there will never be peace in Syria as long as President Bashar al-Assad “remains the focus of power” there. Even now, American officials…

  Hama Province: The regime forces shelled areas in the towns of Allatamneh and Kafar Zayta in the north of Hama.    Clashes are taking place between the regime forces and their militiamen against the Islamic and rebel battalions…

Al- Suwaydaa Province: Several shells landed on areas in the town of al- Sora al- Kabira causing to wound at least. Al- Quneitera Province: The regime forces places in Ofanya area in the countryside of al- Quneitera with no…

Aleppo Province: 9 mortar shells launched by Shohadaa Bader Brigade, which is under command of Khaled Hayyani, landed on the regime- held neighborhood of al- Ashrafeyyi on the city of Aleppo leading to injure some people, including…