Unknown militants have shot and killed nearly a dozen civilians at a Shia-populated village in Syria’s central province of Hama.

The body of a moderate Sunni Muslim preacher abducted by unknown militants has been found on the outskirts of the Syrian capital.

A senior White House official says American military forces will be staying in Syria after Assad's fall.

A spokeswoman for the Iranian government says the disassociation of militants who toppled the government of President Assad, from Israel is highly important to the Islamic Republic.

Iran’s ambassador to the UN asks the world body and the Security Council to condemn the attacks by armed groups on Iranian diplomatic missions in Syria.

Israeli military forces have taken over two towns in Syria’s southwestern province of Quneitra, and are heading towards areas in the neighboring Dara’a province.

The Syrian presidency has emphatically dismissed rumours that the Arab nation’s leader Bashar al-Assad had left the country, stressing he is performing his national and constitutional duties from his office.