The so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) say they will not attend an upcoming conference on the crisis in Syria unless they receive new supplies of arms, a top militant commander says.
Militants in Syria have opened fire on two Iraqi border posts along the southern edge of the two countries' frontier, killing one guard and wounding two others.
At least one person has been killed and 10 others wounded during clashes between Takfiri groups supporting the Syrian opposition and Hezbollah’s supporters near Iranian embassy in Lebanese capital Beirut.
Police in the Itlian capital, Rome, have arrested an Israeli organ trafficker on the run from Brazilian authorities.
A Syrian journalist says at least 1,500 militants of the notorious al-Nusra Front have been killed during the government forces’ recent operation to retake Qusayr.
At least seven people have been killed and over a dozen other injured in yet another car bomb attack in Baghdad.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has inaugurated the country’s first space monitoring center in central Iran.
Residents of the newly-freed Syrian city of Qusayr have praised Al-Alam television network for its coverage of developments in Syria.
The recent reports about the furture return of hundreds of European extremists fighting in Syria to their home countries have sparked fears on the continent.
Syrian army has regained full control over all al-Qusayr previously captured areas, following weeks of intense fighting to flush out militants and terrorists, al-Alam reports.