by Nazeer Rida | Mar 27, 2014 | Middle East
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syrian activists said opposition forces continued to make gains in the governorate of Latakia on Wednesday, and had taken control of the village of Nabaeen, south of Qasab, on the Syrian–Turkish border. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 25, 2014 | Middle East
Beirut, Reuters—Islamist rebels captured a village on Syria’s Mediterranean coast for the first time and battled to hold territory abutting the nearby Turkish border taken from President Bashar Al-Assad’s forces, activists said on Tuesday. Video footage...