Hikmat al-Hijri, Head of Druze sect in Syria has responded to Basher al-Assad’s call to recruit youth in army, by issuing a statement demanding all youth, who have not join the army yet, to go to the military conscription centres and join the Syrian Army. The statement titled...

Islam Army, key rebel group in eastern Ghouta district near Damascus, said in statement posted online it has kidnapped a senior regime official early Wednesday, asserting the abductee is not the Justice minister as media outlets circulated. Najm al-Ahmed, Syrian regime's Justice minister,...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A virtual reality film which guides the viewer through the daily life of a young girl in a Syrian refugee camp aims to engage the public with the plight of some of the world's most vulnerable people, according to its co-creator. The eight-minute film...

Three U.S. government defense contractors caught in a blast at a Bulgarian military range were testing arms for use in a U.S.-led mission to equip Syrian opposition fighters battling Islamic State, a U.S. military source said on Tuesday. One American contractor was killed and two more were...