Syrian uprising

President Bashar al-Assad's forces fired heavy tank and rocket barrages at a Damascus suburb on Thursday, killing five people, opposition…

The UN-Arab League mediator for the Syrian conflict told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad…

Syria said on Wednesday its military command was still studying a proposal for a holiday ceasefire with rebels — contradicting…

Syrian rebels are battling to seize an army base close to the main north-south highway and say its capture would…

The Lebanese army said it had arranged a ceasefire on Tuesday in the northern city of Tripoli after two nights…

It was 2 am on Monday morning when the shooting stopped in Beirut’s Sunni neighborhoods. Scores of masked gunmen on mopeds rushed…

At least seven people were killed and dozens wounded in gunbattles in the Lebanese capital Beirut and coastal Tripoli on Monday in…

Hopes of a cease-fire being implemented in war-torn Syria during the upcoming Muslim Eid holidays are “slim,” Arab League Deputy…

  Violence erupted in downtown Beirut on Sunday as protesters tried to storm the offices of Prime Minister Najib Mikati after the funeral of…

A car bomb exploded near a police station in the central Bab Touma district of Damascus on Sunday, witnesses said,…