A Canadian lawyer working for a UN peacekeeping mission in Syria has escaped from rebel fighters who held him for eight months, the Syrian government said.   State television showed Carl Campeau being handed on Thursday over to the senior UN official in...

Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that he hoped the Syrian government's chemical weapons will be rapidly consolidated into one location, put on a ship and removed from the region.   Kerry said in an interview with National Public Radio that the...

As hundreds of thousands of Syrians flee the war in their country, others are doing everything they can to reach the battle zones. Around 150 Kazakhs said to be from the same family – including very young children, teenagers, women and men – left their country “to fulfil their duty of...

Head of the Military security in Deir el-Zour has been killed by a sniper bullet. Assad-run television reported Thursday that  top Syrian army general has been killed in fighting with rebels, as the country's deputy prime minister floated Nov. 23-24 as possible dates for...