A car bomb on Tuesday killed five people, mostly local police, on the outskirts of the Turkish-controlled town of Al-Bab in northern Syria, a war monitor said. The explosion, which targeted a police station, killed a police chief from another district, two officers and two civilians, the...

Among the olive trees in northwestern Syria, displaced teenager Wissam Diab plucks an oud outside his new home, a tent surrounded by luscious plants. Inside, there are more tumbling indoor plants and a collection of tiny cacti, as well as dozens of books lined up on a cloth-covered table...

During the trial of Anwar Raslan before the Higher Regional Court in Koblenz, Germany weeks ago,  the former intelligence officer had posited some far-fetched claims denying that he participated in torturing the prisoners and that any torture had occurred in the branch at all, saying that...

An eight-year-old Syrian girl who lost her leg is hoping to get treatment in Turkey and be able to walk again. Fatma Nasuh lost her leg when she was only 3 years old and has been walking with crutches ever since. She walks three kilometers (1.8 miles) with crutches everyday to...