(By Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) (Torture Victim Profile)- Captain and military judge Nayef Faisal al-Rifai  was arrested on March 22 2012, only few days following his sister’s detention, under accusation of conspiring on the regime.  The...

Syrian Civil Defense officials of rebel-held neighborhoods of Aleppo city called on citizens to stay in their shelters and basements to avoid Syrian regime's aerial bombardment as the death toll of Saturday rose to 50 people at least. Civil Defense workers said at least 35 people...

  At least 35 people have been killed and 30 wounded in a regime air raid in Aleppo in northern Syria, Syrian Civil Defense officials have said. A regime warplane targeted civilians with a “vacuum bomb” in a crowded local market in the Maadi area under opposition control,...

Pro-government forces repelled an attack on a key Syrian airport during a fierce battle in which they lost 20 fighters but killed almost as many militants, a monitor said Saturday. “There was an attack on the outskirts of the Khalkhalah military airport in Sweida province on...