Germany charged two alleged former Syrian secret service officers with participating in crimes against humanity, in what rights activists said Tuesday would be the first trial worldwide over state-sponsored torture in Syria. Anwar Raslan and Eyad al-Gharib were arrested in February together...

Behind the steel door, the cell is as packed as their eyes are empty -- haggard, scrawny prisoners in orange jumpsuits lying head-to-tail cover every inch of floor space. An AFP team was given rare access to one of the crowded detention facilities in northeastern Syria where Kurdish forces...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 12 regime forces were killed and 8 more wounded by rebels on Monday following failed incurion attempts  into Kabana hilltops in coastal Latakia province, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The elite Fourth Armoured Division backed by Iranian militias have been...

More than 30 nations fighting the Islamic State group will gather in Washington on November 14 in a French-initiated meeting as the United States pulls troops from Syria, a US official said Monday. Ministers from nations in the coalition against the extremists will "look at the next steps...