Syrian rebels withdraw from enclave northeast of Damascus

Syrian rebels began withdrawing from an enclave northeast of Damascus on Saturday and will go to northern Syria, state TV and a rebel official said, ...

Syrian warplane crashes near Damascus, cause unknown

ISIS in an online statement that the plane had been shot down

Al-Qaeda offers to free Lebanon troops for female prisoners

‘If five of our sisters leave prison... we will hand over three soldiers in exchange,’ said Abu Malek al-Shami, Al-Nusra’s ‘emir’ in Qalamun

Is Assad’s downfall imminent?

Assad is not firmly in control of a single complete region in Syria

Hezbollah, Syrian army make gains in border battle

Gains in Qalamoun counter Assad’s losses when ISIS seized al-Sukhna, some 300 km northeast of Damascus

Lebanon’s Hezbollah says it killed 20 Syrian Al Qaeda militants

The Syrian army, along with Hezbollah, has regained much of the strategic Qalamoun region north of Damascus since last year

Israel raid hits missile depot in Syria

An overnight Israeli raid has hit a missile depot in the strategic western Syrian region of al-Qalamoun

Syrian rebels claim downed regime warplane

Syrian opposition fighters claim they shot down a Syrian regime jet in the strategic Qalamoun region near Lebanon

Syrian army seizes rebel town in Qalamun

Syria’s army seized the rebel-held town of Rankus on Wednesday, after fierce fighting was reported

Syrian army claims control of rebel town Yabrud

Recent months have seen Syria’s air force staging raids on Yabrud, the main town in the Qalamun mountain range

1300GMT: Iraqi Badr militia joins Hezbollah against Syrian rebels in Qalamoun