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 the...

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 figure...

'My life in Syria was amazing, I had everything," says Salah Debas, 23, with a mix of nostalgia and desperation. Until two years ago, Debas worked for a radio station belonging to Maher Assad, the brother of the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. As a DJ, he divided his time...

(Reuters) - The global chemical weapons watchdog overseeing the destruction of Syria's toxic stockpile will send a fact-finding mission to Syria to investigate allegations by rebels and activists of chlorine gas attacks, the organization said on Tuesday. The Hague-based...

(IANS) At least 36 people were killed and 85 others injured Tuesday when a car bomb exploded in Syria's central province of Homs, a media report said. Most of those killed in the explosion at the Abbasiyeh roundabout in the al-Zahra district of Homs were women and children, SANA news...

DAMASCUS (AP) —Four mortar shells exploded on Tuesday in central Damascus, killing 14 people and wounding scores, state media said. The attacks in the Syrian capital come a day after President Bashar Assad announced his candidacy for the June 3 presidential elections, a race he is...

    Syria’s rebels announced in statement taking control of strategic zone that links regime’s biggest military airports at the edge of eastern Qalamoun and desert area of Badiyat al-Sham on Monday. The joint statement of al-Rahman Legion,...

33 employees from the city of Sweida have been wrongfully terminated on Sunday over political affiliations linked to Syrian revolution, Zaman Alwasl reporter said. Opposition activists and human rights advocates in the southern city have denounced...

Syria’s key opposition group the National Coalition condemned Monday the killing of Aleppo Council member and wounding 8 other members after targeting their meeting  in the town of Hureitan near Aleppo by regime's airstrike . The coalition...

By Oliver Holmes | Reuters Aid organizations working in Syria say they are growing frustrated at how the United Nations is handling the world's biggest humanitarian crisis, accusing it of excluding them and withholding information vital to assist millions in need. A letter...

Rebels and Bashar al-Assad force have reached a rare agreement to cease airstrikes on rebel-held areas of Aleppo in order to restore electricity and water supplies after ten days of outage and lack of utilities in regime- held areas, al-Qaeda-linked group...

Syrians who fled their war-torn country via unofficial crossings will be barred from voting in next month's presidential elections, the country's electoral commission chief said on Monday. "Syrians who left Syria illegally do not have the right to...

  KHAN AL-SUBUL, Syria — Under the leadership of a young, battle-hardened rebel commander, the men entrusted with the first American missiles to be delivered to the Syrian war are engaged in an ambitious effort to forge a new, professional army. Abdullah Awda, 28, says he...

Rabia was the drummer for a Damascene band called Ana, which is the Arabic word for “I.” He was one of five members who dreamed about making an album that mixed Arabic rhythms with post-rock instrumentals.  Yet as civil unrest spread throughout Syria, the band’s aspirations...

(Reuters) - War and drought have crippled Syria's wheat crop, with some experts now forecasting output of the staple food could fall to around a third of pre-war levels, and possibly even below 1 million metric tons ( 1 metric ton = 1.1023 tons) for the first time in 40 years....

Syria’s rebels pressed slowly advances on Monday after taking control of al-Badiya cement factory and base for anti-aircraft missiles, 50 miles east Damascus, near the Syrian-Iraqi borders in what they called Desert Battles. Two days ago, rebels...

Reuters- Bashar al-Assad declared on Monday he will run for re-election in a vote on June 3 which is widely expected to secure him a third term in office despite a three-year civil war stemming from protests against his rule. Parliament Speaker Mohammad al-Laham made the...

Om Amer, a 70-year old Syrian refugee woman, run away from the war in Syria with her disabled injured son. She is forced to queue for long time in front of Charity Societies hoping to get something to support her minimal living needs. However, most often she...