The U.N.'s human rights office has stopped updating the death toll from Syria's civil war, confirming Tuesday that it can no longer verify the sources of information that led to its last count of at least 100,000 in late July. Rupert Colville, a spokesman for the U.N. Office...

A well-informed source assured Turkish mediation to heal the rift within Syrian key opposition, National Coalition, after news of defecting more than 40 members. Zaman Alwasl source said the Turkish officials had canceled a press conference for the resigned members...

Al Mujahideen Army and other rebel groups have not controlled the main headquarters of the Islamic State of Iraq and The Levant (ISIL) in Kadi Askar in Aleppo, Zaman Alwasl reporter said. The reporter assured that fierce clashes took place today between Al...