Sweden's security police, SAPO, says at least 75 people have left the country to fight in Syria since mid-2012, more than doubling an estimate from earlier this year. The figures presented Monday underscore a trend seen across Europe of fighters joining al-Qaida-linked...
The number of Syrian refugees in the Middle East will nearly double over the next year to exceed four million, the United Nations said Monday as it launched its appeal for funds. Another 9.3 million people are expected to be in need of aid inside the war-ravaged nation by the end of...
Gen. Jayez Mousa, Commander of Dumeir Military airbase, most powerful airport in Syria, has threatened to wipe off the city of Dumeir, 46 km (30 miles) east Damascus unless the rebels give up fighting on the enclaves of the desert city and give back the...
Assad airstrikes have used barrel bombs for the second day on rebel-held areas of Syria's second city of Aleppo, activists said. At least 125 people killed and injured scores of others on bloody Sunday, Al Jazeera's reporter in the northern city reported. Residents on...
