French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said images of a drowned Syrian toddler on a Turkish beach showed the need for urgent action by Europe to address the migrant crisis. "He had a name: Alyan Kurdi. Urgent action required - A Europe-wide mobilization is urgent," he wrote on his Twitter feed...

Syrians are caught between government bombardment of civilian areas and ruthless Islamist groups in a conflict increasingly driven by foreign powers and marked by the "spread of extremism", U.N. war crimes investigators said on Thursday. Islamic State or ISIS forces, who control large parts...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) ALEPPO (Zaman Al Wasl)- Battles in the northern countryside of Aleppo city between the Islamic State and other fighting factions forced hundreds of families living in the area to flee their homes due to heavy shelling by ISIS on the towns and villages around "Mare`"...

The family of a Syrian toddler whose body washed up on a Turkish beach had been trying to emigrate to Canada after fleeing the war-torn town of Kobani, one of their relatives told a Canadian newspaper on Thursday. A photograph of the tiny body of three-year old Aylan Kurdi washed up in...