Latest U.N. efforts to resolve the  Syria  crisis could succeed this time and lead to a united front against Islamic State followed by a political transition, Russia's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva said. Earlier this week, the United...

The man in charge of the troubled U.S.-led program to train and equip a new Syrian rebel army is leaving his job, yet another sign of the deep troubles with the Barack Obama administration’s plan to fight the Islamic State in Syria. Major General Michael Nagata, who has been leading...

(Video)- Syrian boy from rebel-held neighborhood of ٍSalah ad-Din in Aleppo city mocks a YouTube plea by pro-regime activist to fight rebels and protect govt-held Aleppo. The video deeply shows the deteriorating situation in Aleppo. This time form the psychological side,...

(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...