Syria

May 10, 2013

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah
06:43 GMT

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said that as a result of Israeli airstrikes on Damascus last weekend, the Shiite group would be provided with weapons he described as "game changing" by the Syrian regime.

May 9, 2013

Syria buying advanced Russian air-defense weapons
13:29 GMT

Syria has already began payments for a $900 million purchase of an advanced air defense system from Russia and an initial delivery was due within three months..

Syrian refugees at the Zaatari camp in north Jordan (AFP)
10:40 GMT

Jordan's Foreign Minister told John Kerry that Syrians could make up 40% of the Jordanian population by mid 2014

: US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks as the joint press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on May 7, 2013. (Photo: AFP / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV)
09:47 GMT

US Secretary of State John Kerry insisted on Thursday that President Bashar al-Assad cannot be part of a transitional government in Syria.

Reports of internet blackout in Syria began on Tuesday.
08:53 GMT

Syria's internet and phone services resumed on Wednesday afternoon following a two-day blackout that left much of the war-torn country cut off.

Yazigi and Ibrahim were kidnapped last month by armed men while they were on their way to Aleppo from the Turkish border.
06:13 GMT

Acting President of the Syrian National Coalition George Sabra says that the two Greek Orthodox archbishops kidnapped in Syria are being held in a small village northwest of Aleppo by a rebel group.

May 8, 2013

Pictorial proof of George Wassouf's conversion?
11:58 GMT

Some things just shouldn’t be on display for the world to see, and religion is a private matter for Syrian singer George Wassouf who denies a recent conversion to Islam.

Syrian rebel fighter (AFP PHOTO/ MIGUEL MEDINA)
09:58 GMT

Reports on Tuesday said that rebel pressure in both areas have pushed government forces into negotiations

Reports of internet blackout in Syria began on Tuesday
09:23 GMT

Syria has "largely disappeared" from the internet according to reports on Wednesday

The town is strategic in that it is likely to allow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces to regain control of the transit route.
08:09 GMT

A strategic southern town in Syria has been captured by regime forces from rebel fighters.

May 7, 2013

Syrian rebels in Aleppo (AFP image used for illustrative purposes)
17:26 GMT

The Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade said it was holding the peacekeepers for their own safety

Israeli infantry soldiers of the Golani brigade take part in exercises during their deployment in the Israeli annexed Golan Heights. (Photo: AFP / Menahem Kahana)
09:38 GMT

A mortar shell fired from Syria explodes in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, hitting an open field without causing any casualties or damage.

Jenny Asper *hopefully* to star in Sabaya 5
08:02 GMT

After a long wait and maternity leave, Jenny Asper is gearing up for new projects, which we hope, hope, hope will include a starring role in Sabaya 5!

Carla del Ponte speaking at a press conference in February 2013 (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP).
06:11 GMT

U.N. war crimes investigators have reached no conclusions on whether any side in the Syrian war has used chemical weapons, the inquiry commission said on Monday.

May 6, 2013

Photo allegedly shows damage after Israeli airstrikes in Damascus (AFP/SANA Handout)
21:52 GMT

Single shell that landed in the Golan Heights on Monday was probably an accidental over spill from the Syrian conflict, according to the Israeli military