A Russian officer accused of war crimes in Syria was killed on the fronts of Ukraine, and activists reported that Colonel Matinov Sergeyevich, who was awarded a medal of appreciation by the head of the Syrian regime for his criminality and killing of defenseless innocents in Syria during the...

Gunmen have ambushed a bus carrying Syrian soldiers in the country’s east, killing at least 20 and wounding others, opposition activists said Friday. The Thursday night attack was believed to be carried out by members of the Islamic State group whose sleeper cells in parts of Syria still...

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The United Nations refugee agency said Friday it was “extremely concerned” over the return of more than 100 Syrian nationals from Cyprus to Lebanon without being screened to determine whether they need legal protection and who may be deported back to their...

The Syrian pound continued its course towards collapse, for the fifth day in a row, to record an unprecedented exchange rate against the dollar and the euro, during Thursday's trading. In the outcome of daily transactions, and compared to the closing prices of the previous day, the “Aleppo...