A relative of Bashar Al Assad's wife has been released a week after being abducted while driving to Syria, according to the state-run National News Agency. The NNA reported on Thursday morning that that Murhaf Al Akhras "was released during the night after intensive contacts and efforts...

The U.N. Security Council is facing rival resolutions calling for a cease-fire in Syria's last rebel stronghold in Idlib, "to avoid a further deterioration of the already catastrophic humanitarian situation." Germany, Belgium and Kuwait finalized their text Wednesday afternoon and called...

Saudi Arabian fighter jets participated in a recent operation targeting Iranian militia positions in the eastern Syrian city of Albu Kamal across from the Iraqi border, according to a report by Independent Arabia citing a western source. The source told the Saudi-funded news outlet that the...

Turkish and Kuwaiti charities on Wednesday distributed humanitarian aid to Syrian children and women.  Istanbul-based Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) and Sama distributed school bags, stationery and toys to hundreds of children in the displaced persons camps in Syria's...