Hezbollah chief says group is fighting in Syria

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Syria's opposition resumed talks on Saturday aimed at closing their fractious ranks, crucial to launching an international peace conference, and government forces pressed an onslaught on a rebel-held town to try to gain the upper hand in ...

Iran, the strongest supporter of the Syrian regime, denied on Friday that it had forces in war-torn Syria supporting embattled President Bashar al-Assad. Iran's statement came a day after nations gathering at the Friends of Syria meeting in Amman ...

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group vowed to help propel President Bashar Assad to victory in Syria's bloody civil war, warning that the fall of the Damascus regime would give rise to extremists and plunge the Middle East into a "dark period." In ...

Syrian rebels today kept up resistance to a Hezbollah-backed assault on a strategic central town as pressure grew on the opposition to attend a peace conference after the regime agreed to do so. The main opposition National Coalition has met in Istanbul for ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The leader of Lebanese guerilla movement Hezbollah said his group would stay in the Syrian war "to the end of the road" and bring victory to its ally President Bashar al-Assad. Hassan Nasrallah, head of the militant Shi'ite Muslim group, ...

Sweden received 43,900 asylum seekers in 2012; nearly half from Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia. Many native Swedes worry welfare could soon become unaffordable Reuters Stockholm: The scene of Sweden's worst riots in years, Husby is on the surface at least a ...

Pro-Assad troops, including fighters from the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, launched an offensive against the rebel-held town of Qusair a week ago. They have gained ground, but rebels continue to hold some positions. Local activist Hadi Abdullah and ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu speaks to the media after the Friends of Syria alliance meeting in Amman May 22, 2013. (Photo: Reuters, Muhammad Hamed) 25 May 2013 /CELİL SAĞIR/ABDÜLHAMİT BİLİCİ, İSTANBUL Turkish Foreign Minister ...

Syrian government forces and the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah launched a fierce campaign to seize more rebel territory in the border town of Qusair on Saturday, sources on both sides of the conflict said. Rebels fighting to topple President Bashar ...