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  (Reuters)- Supporters of Islamist Nusra Front, a group linked to al-Qaida, said on Twitter on Sunday that the group is demanding the release of Abu Mussab al-Suri, a top al-Qaida leader, in exchange for 44 UNDOF peacekeepers from Fiji detained since Thursday. Al-Suri, a Syrian...

(AFP)- Four soldiers and a police officer kidnapped in the east of Lebanon nearly a month ago have been freed by the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda. The five "taken hostage by the al-Nusra Front have been freed and have arrived in Arsal," a Lebanese town on the border with Syria, a...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights on Saturday issued a report estimating that up to 85,000 people have been forcibly disappeared by President Assad's forces since the beginning of the conflict in 2011, according to MiddileEastEye. Read the full report Normal...