Dozens of children are among the latest victims of the Syrian civil war after barrel bombs fell on an elementary school Wednesday, dissidents said. Syrian forces dropped the bombs on an opposition-held area of Aleppo, the country's largest city, the opposition Local Coordination...

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A U.N. official says Jordan is opening a new, sprawling tent city to accommodate tens of thousands more Syrian refugees who are expected to flee fighting as their nation's civil war continues unabated. Helene Daubelcour says Jordanian officials will open...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations on Tuesday rejected calls for it to deliver humanitarian aid across borders into Syria without the approval of the government in Damascus, saying such operations would be possible only under a stronger U.N. Security Council resolution....

A well-informed source said the political commission of Syria’s National Coalition had appointed Mr. Hassan Hashemi to head opposition political and diplomatic department in the United States and Canada. Hashemi is a veteran opposition...