A South African photojournalist being held captive in Darkoush, Syria made a desperate appeal to the South African government and international community late Monday to help secure his release from gunmen who are demanding $1.5 million in ransom.  Shiraaz Mohamed, who was kidnapped in...

Jihadists and allied rebels withdrew from a key area of northwestern Syria Tuesday as President Bashar al-Assad's forces pressed an offensive against the jihadist-run Idlib region, a war monitor said. The fighters pulled back from the town of Khan Sheikun and the countryside to its south...

Turkey said a regime airstrike on a Turkish military convoy in northwest Syria killed three civilians and wounded 12 Monday as Syrian troops advanced on rebels in a key town. The airstrikes hit near the convoy that was approaching frontlines in Idlib province, two Turkey-backed...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The students’ moments of fun in a classroom belonging to the ruling party turned into a session of torture and abuse after the ball with which they played smashed the picture of the regime, “For Absurdism, Oh Vanguards” revolves around this image.  While the...