The UNHCR on Saturday expressed acute concern about nearly 165,000 displaced persons massing near a town in northern Syria. In a written statement, the UN's refugee agency said they are "deeply concerned" about the reported massing of 165,000 people near the town of Azaz, some 32 kilometers...

The world community has yet to find an adequate response to cultural destruction as shown by the deliberate wrecking of ancient sites in Syria and Mali by Islamist radicals, the head of the UN's cultural organization said. Irina Bokova, director general of the United Nations Educational...

Reporting by Mustafa mohamed; Transaltion by Rana Abdul (Eqtsad)- Khaled al-Abed, 40-year-old, works in washing dishes in one of the Syrian restaurants in Gaziantep except that the restaurant owner’s relative’s arrival lost him the job he was supporting his family with, after that relative...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Hundreds of political detainees in Hama central prison have revolted for the second time this month, taking senior police officer and guards hostage as regime failed to abide by a deal reached to end a mutiny by freeing fellow inmates, sources said Saturday. The prison's...