Here is a reminder of what life was like in cities such as Damascus, Aleppo and historic Palmyra before and after the foreign-hatched conflict erupted in Syria.
Hezbollah official Hassan al-Lakkis has been assassinated outside his home in Hadath, south of Beirut, a Hezbollah statement says.
Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah has blamed Saudi Arabia for a twin suicide attack on the Iranian embassy in Beirut that killed 25 people last month.
Lebanon’s army has arrested 21 suspects in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli for their role in the recent gun-battles linked to the crisis in Syria.
Saudi intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan has met Russian President Vladimir Putin near Moscow and discussed the war in Syria and Iran's nuclear program, the Kremlin says.
Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah says the whole region will benefit from the agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers over Tehran's nuclear program.
The top 10 most corrupt nations includes five Arab countries as instability in the region deeply troubles governance, a new report has shown.
Syria has called on the UN Security council to act against terrorist groups’ attack on the Christian town of Maaloula near capital Damascus.
Kurdish female fighters in Syria eagerly join Kurd militia groups formed after attacks by al-Qaeda militants on their home towns.
Turkish forces have shot dead a seven-year-old refugee girl from Syria who tried to flee the deadly war in her country and cross the Syrian-Turkish border.