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...

The head of Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate in a video released Sunday urged supporters to "take up weapons" to defend his group's bastion of Idlib against increased bombardment. The Damascus regime and its Russian ally have in recent weeks upped shelling and air strikes on the...

Syrian state media reported Sunday that insurgents have shelled a government-held town in the country's northwest, killing five children and a woman. State TV said the shelling had caused widespread material damage to the town of Suqailabiyah. State news agency SANA said Syrian troops...

More than a year after the Islamic State group fled, Syrian boys and girls are finally back on stage -- bobbing to the rhythm of drums in the northern city of Raqa. At the first cultural centre to open since the jihadists' draconian rule ended, sunlight floods into the brand new library,...