16/06/2015

BEIRUT - Rebels attacked a major Syrian army base in the southern province of Daraa on Tuesday in the latest push by opposition fighters against President Bashar Assad's embattled forces, activists said. Assad's forces have suffered…

The commander of Canada's bombing campaign in the Middle East says recent strikes in Syria were not co-ordinated with the government of Bashar Assad, even though its forces were operating in the area at the time. Two CF-18 jets carried…

Members of Syria's Druze minority have helped repel a rebel attack on an army base in the south, mobilising to confront insurgents including al Qaeda's Nusra Front who are trying to build on gains against President Bashar al-Assad. The…

Heavy fighting persists amid reports that rebels were forced to withdraw from parts of army base a day after seizing it. Heavy fighting over a major military airbase in Sweida, a southern province that is largely under regime…

BEIRUT: Syrian army troops regained full control of an airbase in southern Sweida province on Friday, a day after rebels overran large parts of it, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said rebels from the Southern…

 A year ago, U.S. President Barack Obama tried to justify why his country dealt with the Iraqi and Syrian crises differently after sending drones, consultants and arms to Iraq and just humanitarian aid- such as like blankets and medicine -…

GENEVA – The U.N. rights chief on Monday called for the European Union to take bolder steps to address its swelling migrant crisis, insisting the bloc could easily take in 1 million refugees. “It is well within the EU’s means to give…

At least 6,000 Syrian refugee children, who recently entered Turkey following a U.S.-led air offensive in northeast Syria, have been vaccinated by Turkish health officials against measles and polio. Health care and vaccination were given…

One Syrian family may soon leave refugee life and settle in Toronto thanks to a grassroots effort dedicated to fulfilling a government promise. The First Unitarian Congregation is working with the Muslim Association of Canada’s Masjid to…

Reuters Amnesty International criticized on Monday what it said was a "dismal" global response to the plight of Syrian refugees and urged neighboring countries struggling to cope with the influx of refugees to lift "deeply troubling"…