Syrian Rebels

Imad Deeman, the leader of the Al-Tawhid Brigade and a member of the Al-Tawhid Shura Council, said in an exclusive interview to Masar Press that: "A committee representing the...

Forces within the Syrian opposition have escalated their stance against the Arab and international envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, over his insistence that Iran should participate in the Geneva...

Syria's Muslim Brotherhood has revealed that its members have now finished their deliberations about launching a political party to represent the Brotherhood, deciding to do so under the name...

The Syrian Information Minister, Omran Al-Zoubi, announced on Monday that President Bashar Al-Assad's regime will not go to the Geneva II Conference "to hand over power" as demanded by...

A spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria has confirmed that it has received an offer from the government in Iran over regime change. Omar Al-Mushawah confirmed statements attributed...

A St Petersburg-based internet site has claimed that Russian mercenaries are fighting for the Assad regime in Syria under the name of "the Slavic Brigade". If true, this would...

The European Union and Russia have called for an end to support for armed groups in Syria, saying that they endanger regional stability. EU Foreign Ministers demanded on Monday...

Head of the Syrian National Coalition, Ahmed al-Jarba, said that they would not go to Geneva II unless the conditions proposed by the revolution are accepted and the Coalition...

The Action Group for Palestinian Refugees in Syria said on Tuesday that a refugee has been killed and several more arrested during clashes between regime and opposition forces. Malik...

A group of Syrian and Lebanese nuns were recently evacuated from a convent in Maaloula, located to the northeast of Damascus. Opposition forces say that the nuns were rescued,...

Israel believes that troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and not global jihad groups fighting against the regime were responsible for targeting an army jeep with a roadside...

Syrian-born Al Jazeera presenter Faisal Al-Qasem has published a heartbreaking picture of a dead Syrian child, Wasim Zakur, saying that he starved to death. The little child appeared in...

On Friday the Syrian National Council (SNC) renewed its rejection of an invitation to attend the Geneva II Conference set to take place in Switzerland on January 22 to...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has accused forces loyal to Bashar Al-Assad of a new wave of violence against Aleppo and the surrounding area. The organisation says that...

VIDEO A Syrian satellite TV channel believed to be supportive of the Assad regime has aired graphic images which, it is alleged, break media ethics guidelines. A report claiming...

The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria has launched an initiative to "heal the rift" within the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces. It intends to engage all parties...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights said on Tuesday that military forces affiliated to Bashar al-Assad had killed 46 Syrians in the country. The network based in London, was...

The combined Israeli-Egyptian siege of the Gaza Strip is affecting many professions and has resulted in thousands of workers and employees being laid off. Abu-Mohamed Al-Hatu, the owner of...

EXCLUSIVE IMAGES With the siege of Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria and the UNRWA strike in Palestine both ongoing, protests against the lack of protection for refugees are continuing...

EXCLUSIVE IMAGES Palestinian kindergarten children in the Gaza Strip have taken to the streets holding empty pans, plates and spoons to voice support for their counterparts in the besieged...

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, called on Wednesday for the siege on the Yarmouk Refugee Camp in Syria to be lifted. It insisted that the militias in and...

President Mohammed Morsi has discussed a number of Egyptian initiatives to solve the Syrian crisis with a delegation of senior Muslim scholars who were in Cairo to take part...

Tunisian President Al-Moncef Al-Marzouki said on Monday that Iran would get respect from the Arab world if it adopted the role as an objective mediator to achieve peace in...

Prominent Syrian opposition figure Burhan Ghalioun affirmed on Sunday that more than 800 Syrian refugees are currently being held in Egyptian prisons. Ghalioun wrote on his Facebook page: "According...

A senior member of Syria's opposition has been "harassed" and detained at Cairo International Airport. This is the second time that the National Coalition's Haitham Al-Maleh has been treated...

Turkey is greatly disappointed by the meeting between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and American President Barack Obama in Washington last week. Talk of Syria took up most...

Russia and the United States agreed on Tuesday to hold an international conference in an effort to end the civil war in Syria. The conference will possibly be at...

According to a poll conducted by Gallup research institute, the majority of Americans are against their country's military involvement in Syria. The poll's results, which were published last Friday,...

Israeli security services are suggesting that Barack Obama could initiate a strike against Syria to punish the regime for its use of chemical weapons against civilians in Ghoutah last...

It has been bought to our attention that the quotes attributed to Dr Yezid Sayigh was inaccurate as it may have been taken from a fake Twitter account. We...

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday that he has discussed the possibility of enforcing local ceasefires in Syria with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. The question...

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has announced that Paris and London are to ask the EU to re-schedule to an earlier date its foreign ministers' meeting planned for the...