Syria
May 27, 2013
A female journalist for Syria's state run television station, Al Ikhbariya, was killed in the Syrian town of Qusair on Monday.
After four days of negotiations in Istanbul, the Syrian opposition failed to reach a consensus on its own make-up, with religiously moderate elements being sidelined
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah can be seen in a video recently made public, believed to have been made in 1988, showing him talking of his wishes to make Lebanon part of a Greater Islamic Republic.
The rocket attacks comes a day after two Grad rockets struck the Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut
May 26, 2013
Free Syrian Army denies it had anything to do with the double rocket attack on the Hezbollah stronghold of southern Beirut
Walid Muallem was speaking in Baghdad after he made a surprise visit to the Iraqi capital on Sunday
US Senator John McCain has come forward to say that Washington is ready to provide Jordan with Patriot missiles in a bid to protect the country from any spillover from the Syrian conflict.
The Syrian National Coalition has called on Hezbollah fighters who are fighting on behalf of the Syrian regime to defect, one day after Hezbollah leader Nasrallah pledged 'victory' in Syria
Saudi Arabia advises against Assad's presence at the upcoming Geneva II peace talks, although his attendance has already been announced by Russia.
May 25, 2013
The death toll grows in Tripoli as the conflict between opposing factions scales up.
May 24, 2013
The Syrian opposition doubts all parties will join the negotiation table despite Russia's announcement that the regime would participate in an upcoming peace conference.
May 23, 2013
Opposition-aligned Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports 104 Hezbollah militants killed since the conflict began
Fighting overnight in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli have left at least two people dead, bringing the total number of people killed since Sunday, to 16
The Friends of Syria's core ministerial members met in Amman last night, with representatives of the Syrian opposition, and urged Assad to partake wholly in the peace talks, warning of their increased support to the rebels if he fails to do so.
Gunfire rang out through Tripoli on Wednesday, as the spillover of the Syrian crisis in the Lebanese city claimed the lives of 12 over the weekend.