The European Union said Saturday it was ready to increase assistance to the World Health Organisation (WHO) if an outbreak of polio is confirmed in war-ravaged Syria. UN agencies are stepping up efforts to vaccinate children in Syria against a host of diseases and the WHO has received...

Syria's regime Grand Mufti Sheikh Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun says at least 2,000 Russian citizens are fighting along with foreign-backed militants in Syria, wreaking havoc on the Arab country, pro-Assad media reported . During a visit to the Islamic University of...

While the emergence of al-Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq and Syria as a major force in the Syrian civil war has caused deep concern for many rebels, one group’s fighters claim its presence has given them a popularity boost. Until   ISIS   asserted its place in the war...

Kurdish militants seized a crossing on the eastern border with Iraq early Saturday following three days of clashes with jihadists belonging to an al-Qaeda affiliated group, AFP reported. The Kurdish fighters “took control of the Al-Yaarubia border crossing with Iraq at dawn after...