Syria

April 14, 2013

Lebanese actress Nadine Al Rassi
14:03 GMT

The Lebanese star is keeping busy shooting one series straight after she finished the first

People gather at Daraa's Omari mosque
10:57 GMT

President Bashar al-Assad's forces on Saturday destroyed the Omari mosque in the southern city of Daraa where Syria's uprising erupted two years ago, opposition activists said on Sunday.

Parts of Homs city have been destroyed since the conflict began (AFP/Shaam News)
07:54 GMT

Activists report that 40 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters have been killed in recent fighting in al-Qusayr, Homs, Syria

Abbas Al Nouri happy to be alive
07:47 GMT

Abbas Al Nouri lives on, despite a rumored assassination, with at least two dramas in the lineup.

Lebanese trucks are being re-touted via Homs and Iran before reaching Jordan
03:19 GMT

Deteriorating security in Syria is forcing Lebanese truckers carrying regional exports to abandon the Damascus road altogether, crossing instead through Homs and Iraq before entering Jordan.

April 13, 2013

AK-47 machine guns hang in a shelter for Syrian rebels in the Salaheddine district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. (AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF)
08:52 GMT

In a reminder of how the Syrian war is spilling over into its regional neighbors, the conflict widens across the borders.

Image of the destruction in the Salaheddine district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on April 12, 2013. (AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF)
08:42 GMT

According to an article by the Times newspaper, the military scientists have collected soil samples as evidence.

Asala Nasri is known for her support of the Syrian opposition.
08:00 GMT

The pro-opposition star shows her support for Syrians suffering at the hands of President Bashar al-Assad.

April 12, 2013

A Syrian rebel patrols an area in the Sheikh Maqsud district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, on Thursday. (AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF)
13:23 GMT

According to the American who headed the inspection team in Iraq, sending in the team to a war zone would be a "suicide mission".

April 11, 2013

Back in December, scores of people who had been without bread for days were killed when Syrian warplanes bombed a bakery in the western village of Halfaya. According to opposition activists, Local Coordination Committees of Syria, around 100 of those queuing for food were killed in the attack.
16:53 GMT

A Human Rights Watch report shows that since July 2012, 4,300 civilians have been killed by their own government. And with rebel forces also targeting bakeries, petrol stations and hospitals, no one is safe in this brutal conflict.

At least 57 people have been killed in a government crack down in Dara'a, southern Syria. (FIle photo)
12:40 GMT

At least 26 civilians were killed in an army crackdown on defectors in the southern province of Deraa late Wednesday evening, activists said Thursday.

A Syrian man walks amid destruction in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Wednesday. (Photo:  AFP / DIMITAR DILKOFF)
08:40 GMT

The Syrian regime is carrying out indiscriminate and sometimes deliberate airstrikes against civilians that have killed at least 4,300 people since last summer, a leading international rights group reported on Thursday.

 general view of the new Mrigeb al-Fuhud refugee camp, 20 kilometres east of the city of the Jordanian city of Zarqa, is seen as Jordan opened a second camp for Syrian refugees on Wednesday, after the United Nations said the number seeking shelter in the kingdom is expected to triple by the end of the year. (Photo: AFP / KHALIL MAZRAAWI)
06:17 GMT

Struggling to cope with the influx of Syrian refugees, Jordan on Wednesday opened a second camp for Syrians fleeing the civil war at home.

April 10, 2013

Al Nusra Front fighters
13:39 GMT

The jihadist group also distance themselves from remarks made by Al Qaeda in Iraq chief, that the two groups had merged

British Foreign Secretary William Hague
10:51 GMT

British Foreign Secretary William Hague has already met with senior members of the SNC ahead of the G8 summit in London