Bashar al-Assad takes advantage of US-Russia split over Ukraine

(CNN) -- Two men claiming to be Los Angeles-area gang members have posted a video showing them firing rifles in Syria's civil war, apparently fighting on behalf of President Bashar al-Assad's regime. In the profanity-laced video, the two men fire ...

Agence France-Presse Washington, 27 February: The United States of America has accused the Syrian government of undermining the Geneva peace talks by rounding up and arresting the relatives of opposition delegates. A second round of UN-led ...

TNA Impact Wrestling star MVP, real name Hassan Assad, remembers the time he would visit the Miami Beach Convention Center to watch professional wrestling. Flash forward to today. What was once an exciting outing has become a profession that has ...

Two members of notorious Los Angeles street gangs have apparently made a global trek -- from the crowded streets of LA to the barren battlefields of Syria -- to fight alongside forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. The men -- who identify ...

Hany Abu-Assad, director of the Academy Award-nominated film 'Omar,' is one of four top Palestinian filmmakers who hail from the unlikely moviemaking hub. When "Omar" director Hany Abu-Assad was growing up in Nazareth, boys from all over town would ...

ELEANOR HALL: To Syria and overnight the Assad government claimed victory in an ambush in the eastern outskirts of the capital, Damascus. The state news agency says government forces killed more than 170 Islamist fighters. But an Israeli-based ...

Iranian support for embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad is producing a violent backlash against Tehran's interests in the Middle East and fueling a proxy war with Saudi Arabia that threatens to further destabilize the region. The situation is a ...

Since the offensive began on Feb. 10, more than 10,000 refugees have sought refuge in Arsal from the fighting in the strategically important Qalamoun region. Syrian refugees are streaming across the border with Lebanon into this town to escape a ...

William Hague has blamed Bashar Assad's regime for the breakdown of Syria peace talks. The Foreign Secretary said the lack of progress during the second round of discussions with rebels in Geneva was a "serious setback". UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi ...