A Saudi opposition figure has said tens of thousands of political prisoners are being held behind bars in the Persian Gulf’s Arab country.
The Netherlands has warned that militants returning from Syria posed a security threat to Europe and said two Dutch citizens had carried out suicide attacks in Syria and Iraq in the past six months and about 100 had fought in Syria in 2013.
The head of Syria's main opposition group has asked Saudi Arabia to increase its support for the so-called Free Syrian Army, his advisor says.
Syrian army units have repelled armed militant groups in several areas of the country, killing and injuring a number of their members and destroying their hideouts, weapons and equipment.
Lebanon's parliament has failed to elect a new president, with no candidate securing the two-thirds of the vote needed to win and many lawmakers leaving their ballots blank.
A communist lawmaker has registered as the first challenger for the Syrian presidency in an upcoming election, the speaker of parliament says.
The Syrian troops have advanced in the central city of Homs, killing several militants there, Al-Alam reports.
A Bahraini court sentences 12 anti-regime protesters to life in prison as pressure on dissidents mounts in the Persian Gulf country.
Mock executions, hunger, thirst, cold, beatings a makeshift chess game, and a “surreal” snowball fight with their jailers.
France is trying to prevent French nationals from traveling to Syria to join terrorist groups fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, underscoring concerns across Europe that Syria has become an incubator for future terrorist attacks on European soil.