*Israel wants to keep Assad in power : FSA interview

Israel is protecting Syrian President Bashar Assad as he is undermining the government’s national security and Israel wants Syria to become a weak state, Free Syrian Army Joint Command spokesman Fahd al-Masri told  Russian television RT (more…)

Up to 500 feared dead in Damascus suburb, mostly civilians

At least 109 people have been documented as killed and up to 400 more are likely to have died in an almost week-long offensive by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on a rebellious Damascus suburb (more…)

4 more Hezbollah fighters killed in Syria, buried in Lebanon

The funeral of four more Hezbollah members that were killed in Syria took place in Lebanon’s Nabatiyeh on Tuesday, Now reported , adding that the bodies of more fighters were being prepared for burial.

The burial (more…)

Hezbollah deploys 700 fighters in Syria’s Homs, report

Around 700 Hezbollah fighters were deployed in the Syrian town of Al-Nazariyeh near Al-Qusayr in Homs, Syrian activists reported on Wednesday.

“There are violent clashes taking place [near] Lebanese border areas,” the leader of the rebel Homs Front group told Al-Arabiya TV. (more…)

Arab summit gave states “right” to arm Syrian opposition

The Arab summit in Doha on Tuesday gave member states the “right” to offer Syrians all means of self-defense including arms, in a resolution on Syria.

The Arab Summit affirms the “right” of every state to offer all forms of self-defence, including military, to support the resistance of the Syrian people and the Free Syrian Army,” said the resolution. (more…)

Syria’s opposition steps up efforts to win int’l support

Syria’s opposition is stepping up efforts to win western and international support after being formally granted the country’s representation in the Arab League, whose Doha summit on Tuesday heard an impassioned plea for help in the struggle against Bashar al-Assad. (more…)

Arab Summit: Khatib demands Syria’s UN seat and NATO patriots

Syria’s opposition chief took the Syria seat in the Arab League summit held in Doha on Tuesday and demanded in a fiery address that the Syrian opposition be granted the Syria seat in the United Nations.

Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib, (more…)

Khatib’s resignation throws a wrench in Arab summit plan

An Arab Summit intended to showcase the unity of the Syrian opposition threatens to veer wildly off script and expose deepening factionalism, potentially hurting Western and Arab efforts to end the war.

Opposition ranks plunged into disarray on Sunday when one of their most popular figures, Moaz Alkhatib, resigned (more…)

FSA says its founder Asaad is in critical condition

Fahd al Masri an official of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) told Voice of Lebanon 110.5 radio station that FSA founder Col Riad al-Asaad who has been wounded by a bomb blast in Deir al-Zour province is in critical condition. He added that Iran and Hezbollah may have been behind the attempted assassination of Asaad. (more…)

Asaad, Free Syrian Army founder wounded in attack

A rebel military commander in Syria is reported to have been wounded by a bomb blast in Deir al-Zour province.

Activists said a device exploded next to a car in which Col Riad al-Asaad, long head of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), was travelling in Mayadeen. (more…)