Talkalakh is a Sunni city, surrounded by 12 Alawite villages. "The city of Talkalakh is empty of people. Most of them have fled to Lebanon," Hamid said.

Mohammed, a taxi driver from Talkalakh, Syria, who did not want his full name used for fear of reprisal, spent two and a half months in the al-Iman school in Wadi Khaled, but chose to go back home ...

Fleeing Violence, Syrians Cross Lebanon Border In the Syrian border town of Talkalakh, violence heated up last week after a small group of men demanded security forces release a Sunni leader. In ...

Talkalakh residents have been coming out every week, calling for Assad to leave, residents said. "By Friday night, life turned to hell," Qassim said.

Central NY News; Horrific picture emerges of besieged Syrian town. Published: ; May. 16, 2011, 10:44 p.m.

BEIRUT - The rights group Amnesty International said Wednesday that Syrian security forces may have committed crimes against humanity during a deadly siege of an opposition town in May, citing ...

BEIRUT -- The rights group Amnesty International said Wednesday that Syrian security forces may have committed crimes against humanity during a deadly siege of an opposition town in May, citing ...

BEIRUT -- Crackling gunfire and explosions echoed through a Syrian border town Sunday, as hundreds of frightened civilians poured into neighboring Lebanon to escape a harsh crackdown against anti ...

Witnesses say Syrian troops and tanks have started pulling out of a town near the Lebanese border, one of the latest enclaves to join in a two-month old anti-government uprising. The witnesses ...

BEIRUT — Violence surged across Syria on Friday, with hours of intense shooting that sent stray bullets whizzing across the border. The most serious violence appears to have occurred in the ...

BEIRUT – Syrian forces kept up a relentless campaign against the country’s two-month uprising Thursday, using tanks to shell a besieged border town as President Obama called on Syria&#8… ...