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UK, Germany, France urge to reduce violence in Syria

The U.K., France and Germany jointly condemned the escalating violence of the Assad regime and allied forces in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib on Monday. In a joint statement, the foreign ministries of the three European countries expressed growing concern over the well-being and...

Boat with 8 Syrians capsizes off Lebanese coast; 5 missing

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency says a fishing boat that was illegally carrying eight Syrian refugees to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus has capsized. The report says the incident occurred on Monday off the northern Lebanese town of Chekka. It says that Lebanon's navy detained...

Rights groups urge action on fate of Syria's missing

Rights groups Monday urged the international community to pressure all sides in Syria's war to reveal the fate of "tens of thousands" of people gone missing over years of conflict. "Tens of thousands have been forcibly disappeared by the Syrian government; and many have gone missing after...