(Profile of Torture Victim)- Hussam Idriss Idriss was in his way to his hometown Qusair when the Syrian security arrested him near the Syrian-Lebanese borders early 2013. The young carpenter, who was working in Lebanon, had spent months in State Security headquarters in Damascus...

As many as 34 people have been killed on Wednesday by Syrian airstrikes on rebel-held areas in north-western and southern parts of the country, a monitoring group said. The aerial bombardment against areas in the north-western city of Idlib and its suburb Saraqeb left 24 people killed,...

The United Nations said on Tuesday that its Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura planned to consult Syrian factions and interested countries on a new round of peace talks, confirming a Reuters report. "Starting in May ... de Mistura will proceed with a series of in-depth, separate...

   Syria said on Tuesday only 6,000 residents remain in the war-battered Palestinian camp Yarmouk on the edge of Damascus that has seen intensified fighting since Islamic State launched an offensive to seize it from rival insurgents. U.N. and Syrian officials had earlier...