The wife of acclaimed Syrian artist Youssef Abdelke, whose works are displayed in museums around the world, appealed for his release on Saturday, after his arrest by regime security forces.   He had been arrested at a security checkpoint in the western port city of...

A senior United Nations team tasked with investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria's civil war began a mission to Damascus Wednesday, trying to hammer out with Syrian officials the terms for their investigation. It is the first such trip by international experts, and the...

Shiite movement said resorting to use of mass graves to evade backlash from victims’ families amid growing criticism of its role in bolstering Assad Hezbollah has buried hundreds of its fighters in mass graves in Syria to avoid a backlash from the victims’ families and maintain high...

Qatar's new emir will keep helping Syrian rebels until President Bashar al-Assad's rule ends, Syria's opposition envoy to Doha said on Wednesday, seeking to dampen speculation the rich Gulf state had scaled back its role in supporting the revolt. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has not made...