Syrian Rebels

The biggest ever international air force exercise is taking place in Israel, the country's Channel 2 TV has reported. The countries taking part, it is claimed, are ready to...

On Wednesday evening the Syrian government hinted it will not cooperate with the United Nations peace envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, unless he severs ties with the Arab League. The Syrian...

In a letter directed to the General Secretary of Hezbollah – Lebanese Shi'ite Hassan Nasrallah – on Wednesday, Syrian opposition leader Ahmad Mouaz Al-Khatib urged Nasrallah to withdraw all...

At a time when Syrian President Bashar al-Al-Assad warned his southern neighbour, Jordan, about the repercussions of allowing "terrorists" to infiltrate Syria, he has also expressed his hope that...

The State of Kuwait has donated $53 million to UNICEF to help Syrian children inside Syria and refugees in neighbouring countries, and $15 million to UNRWA to assist Palestinian...

The official Syrian news agency (SANA) has accused what it called "terrorists" of firing a missile with a chemical warhead at the town of Khan Al-Assal in Aleppo. The...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has announced that last month witnessed a rise in the number of deaths in Syria, with 6,500 women, men and children killed. This...

With regards to the debate on whether chemical weapons were used in Syria, "Maariv" wrote on its website that there are differences in opinion within Israeli intelligence agencies regarding...

A senior Turkish official has revealed that there are three scenarios on the table before the United States and its allies for the departure of Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad....

"The number of the Syrian refugees in Jordan will make up 40 per cent of the total Jordanian population by the middle of the next year," Jordanian Foreign Minister...

Israeli newspaper, Maariv, yesterday reported Martin Nesirky, a UN spokesman, as saying that the organization have decided to withdraw their international observation forces from the Golan Heights, in light...

A senior Jordanian government official has denied that Jordan has closed its borders to Syrian refugees over the past few days, and stressed that the border remained open to...

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has revealed that Russia's promised S-300 missile batteries have already arrived in his country. Lebanese media reports claim that Assad added that he will not...

Israeli Defence Minister, Moshe Ya'alon, said on Monday that Syrian president Bashar al-Assad controls no more than 40 per cent of Syrian, the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported. In...

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal has told Britain's Channel 4 News that the Islamic Resistance Movement decided to leave its base in Damascus after failing to persuade the Syrian government...

A leading Middle East commentator has claimed that the proximity of Quneitra to the border with Israel makes the battle for the town of great strategic importance for the...

Syrian regime forces have retaken Quneitra Crossing in the Golan Heights after rebel forces seized control of it early on Thursday morning. Israeli radio reported that rebel forces had...

About 1,354 Palestinians, including 1,201 men and 153 women, have been killed by the Syrian regime since the outbreak of the Syrian revolution, Action Group for Palestinians in Syria...

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS The repercussions of the revolution in Syria have overshadowed the lives of thousands of Palestinians living in refugee camps in the conflict torn country. Many of these...

The Syrian Free Army (SFA) have said that Saudi Arabia has sent them military supplies to use in their fight with forces loyal to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, the...

The Islamic Resistance Movement in Palestine – Hamas – has issued a statement today describing Hezbollah's military intervention in Syria as contributing to the worsening climate of sectarian polarisation...

The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has said that 15 per cent of the Palestinian refugees in Syria have fled from...

A senior Muslim Brotherhood official in Syria has warned that the Geneva conference aims to "extract concessions" from the rebels and "legitimise the Assad regime". Zuhair Salem called on...

The Free Syrian Army (FSA) has accused Lebanon's Hezbollah and the Assad regime of using chemical weapons in a town on the outskirts of Damascus, it has been reported....

The BBC has reported that thousands of Syrian refugees, from the Aleppo region, are fleeing to Iraqi Kurdistan. According to the report, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)...

Media reports in Israel claim that the current tension and developments across the region have led to a big demand for gas masks in the country. According to Maariv...

The Latakia Rebels' military council is reporting that the first ship has departed from the Russian fleet located in the Tartus port. In a brief statement issue today, the...

The UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Al-Ibrahimi, has said that Geneva II is already facing challenges after both the Syrian regime and opposition set unrealisable conditions....

Colonel Malik Al-Kurdi, the Deputy Commander of the Free Syrian Army, has denied claims that his group is conducting secret negotiations with officials from the Syrian regime, pointing out...

Two mortars shells landed in the upscale area of central Damascus on Saturday morning, and a number of wounded were reported. Syria's official news agency Sana stated that the...

Israel has deployed additional army staff in the occupied Golan Heights after a group of Syrians infiltrated a work site near to the newly built electric fence along the...

The Syrian National Council has announced that it will not participate in the Geneva II conference aimed at finding a political solution to the crisis in Syria. Sky News...