(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian student outperformed her Turkish peers after graduating from two universities with honors, the Turkish Sabah newspaper reported. Roba Abousaleh, who came to Mersin city with her family years ago fleeing the Syrian war, has graduated from two universities with...

Russian-backed regime forces seized several towns and villages in northwest Syria Thursday, as deadly air strikes hit the jihadist-held bastion, a monitor said. Seven civilians died in air strikes in the south of the bastion, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, a day after regime...

The Swedish Migration Agency will no longer issue residence permits to all refugees coming from Syria, ending a generous policy which over the last six years has seen over 100,000 Syrians granted asylum in the country. In September 2013, Sweden was the first country in the world to open its...

The U.N. special envoy for Syria says he's "quietly hopeful" the U.N. can announce an agreement to launch a constitutional committee before world leaders gather in late September, a step which could lead to a political solution to end the eight-year conflict. Geir Pedersen told the Security...