About 8000 families in the rebel-held city of Erbin near Damascus have received food baskets distributed by the local council, activists said Friday. The aid, which included basic food staples, came in response to a charity campaign to help thousands of locals and...

 The United Nations Security Council condemned the use of chlorine as a weapon in Syria and threatened to take action if such arms are used again in the conflict, which is now in its fourth year, but didn't lay blame for previous chlorine attacks. The 15-member...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The prominent opposition figure Suhair Atassi quit her position as head of   the Assistance Coordination Unit (ACU), the main aid and relief body of the National Coalition after two years of work to devote...

Al Qaeda's Syrian branch was left reeling on Friday after its military chief was killed in an apparent army air strike, adding to confusion over the future path of the most powerful group opposing both President Bashar al-Assad and Islamic State. Abu Humam al-Shami, who trained...