12/04/2015

BY LUCY WESTCOTT How does one of the Middle East’s best-known soccer stars, the self-professed second-best goalkeeper in Asia, become a leader in the Syrian revolution?Return to Homs, a new film by Damascus-born director Talal…

ISTANBUL — The fight against the Islamic State group received a jolt of energy when the United States and Turkey sealed a pact to train and arm Syrian rebels. Two months later, the program faces delays and skepticism — as Turkish officials,…

(CNN)The commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency will make an emergency visit to the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Syria on Saturday, a spokesman says. Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl will…

WASHINGTON: US-led forces have targeted Islamic State (IS) militants with eight air strikes in Syria and nine in Iraq since early on Friday, the US military said on Saturday. In Syria, the air strikes hit IS positions near Al Hasakah and…

About 35 people have been killed in fighting between Syrian pro-government forces and suspected Islamic State militants at a strategically important military airport in Syria's south, opposition activists say. The Syrian Observatory for…

DAMASCUS, Syria • Syrian rebels shelled a government-held neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo early Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding dozens, Syrian state television and an activist group reported. Hours after the…

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Insurgents bombarded a government-held part of Syria's second city Aleppo overnight, killing at least eight people, Syrian state media reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based group that tracks the…

Syrian rebels shelled a government-held neighbourhood in the northern city of Aleppo early on Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding dozens, Syrian state television and an activist group reported. Hours after the…

  SORH Brutal Killings: Islamic State has reportedly stoned a man to death in front of dozens of civilians east of Homs 'for being gay' Islamic State have released more horrific pictures showing the apparent…

BEIRUT - Militants from the Islamic State group are holding hostage at least 50 civilians seized in a raid on a village in central Syria, a monitor said. They were kidnapped from the village of Mabujeh in Hama province on March 31, said…