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Daily Star, Lebanon Posted 2014-02-21 00:34 GMT BEIRUT -- Syrian rebels were engaged in fierce battles Thursday with regime forces trying to capture the town of Yabroud, their last stronghold in the strategic Qalamun region near the…

Geneva (Alliance News) - The UN on Friday urged countries outside of the Middle East to take in more Syrian refugees, as the UN Security Council prepares to vote on a resolution on humanitarian aid access in the war-torn country. The…

Damascus condemned on Friday the “terrorist operation” targeting Lebanon, stressing on its readiness to cooperate with Lebanese authorities to “fight terrorism.” "We are ready to cooperate with the Lebanese Ministry of Interior to fight…

ISTANBUL/BEIRUT: An explosion that eyewitnesses said was a car bomb tore through a Syrian refugee camp at a border post on the frontier with Turkey Thursday, killing more than a dozen people. An eyewitness to the attack told The…

  As Syria's war nears the start of its fourth year, Iran has stepped up support on the ground for President Bashar al-Assad, providing elite teams to gather intelligence and train troops, sources with knowledge of military movements say.…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says America's Syria policy encourages the financing and supply of 'terrorist organisations'. During a visit to Iraq on Thursday, Lavrov claimed US policy 'encourages extremists who are financing…

Golan Heights (CNN) -- Heavy shelling and gunfire echoed close to the Syrian-Israeli frontier at the Golan Heights on Friday, as the long-running war between rebels and government forces raged in a strategic area. Plumes of smoke rose from…

Der'a province: helicopters dropped barrel bombs on Tariq Al-Sad neighborhood in Der'a city, accompanied by shelling by regime forces on the neighborhood . air raids on Inkhel city and Ghabagheb town, no reports of human losses…

Hasakah province: violent clashes taking place between ISIS against Jabhat Al-Nusra and Ahrar Al-Sham, around the town of Markada ,in an attempt by Jabhat Al-Nusra and Ahrar Al-Sham to take control on the town, reports of losses in…

AFP, Beruit Monday, 23 December 2013 Syrian warplanes have killed more than 300 people, including 87 children, in an eight-day bombing campaign against rebel-held parts of the northern city of Aleppo, a monitor said Monday. "From…