Syria News

Tripoli - The northern Lebanese city of Tripoli saw some of its heaviest fighting between pro and anti-Assad gunmen last night. In the aftermath of the fighting, at least 10 people were killed.

That’s according to a new report from the United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) which has called the situation in Syria a “humanitarian catastrophe”.

As if the 80,000 dead in Syria are not the result of a war, Israel warns Russia that shipping missiles to Assad could result in war in the region. Meanwhile, Russia has sent at least 12 warships into the Mediterranean to protect its assets in Tartous.

Aleppo - Syrian rebels in the northern city of Aleppo have launched a major attack against the city's central prison where 250 anti government individuals are being held.

A video from Syria has shown a rebel commander mutilating the body of a Syrian soldier, and cutting the soldiers heart out before biting on it.

Syrian troops have taken full control of a strategic town located near a highway linking Damascus to Jordan according to activists.

Early next week, Israeli PM Netanyahu will meet Russian President Putin in Sochi for what seems to be an attempt to dissuade the latter from sending S-300 anti-aircraft batteries to the Syrian armed forces. Chances for a successful mission seem small.

Multiple explosions have been reported in the Turkish border town of Reyhanli with 4 people being reported killed, and at least 18 wounded.

The head of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has announced that Syria would be providing the Lebanese militia group with new advanced and sophisticated weaponry in response to Israel's airstrikes inside Syria.

The Syrian military scored a strategic victory today with the capture of Khirbet Ghazaleh, a southern town located on a key highway to Jordan.