The Syrian regime has received more than 4,000 tons of rice from China on Sunday, the latest in a long line of humanitarian supplies China has provided to Syria to ease the Syrian people's suffering. Feng Biao, China's ambassador to Syria, signed a delivery note with Khaled Hboubati,...

 Aid workers in Syria's largest camp for displaced people face an unprecedented threat, a Kurdish official said on Sunday, following the murder of a 26-year-old health worker by jihadists. The Kurdish Red Crescent on Wednesday announced the death of a staff member from a gunshot wound...

At least six pro-Iran militants, including a Revolutionary Guard commander, were killed, and more than 14 others were wounded on Saturday in snap attack by a suspected Daesh group in the Syrian desert. Zaman al-Wasl reporter, quoting field sources, said that the attack took place while the...

AMMAN (Reuters) - A Jordanian army officer was killed and three army personnel injured on Sunday when drug smugglers trying to enter the country from Syria fired at an army outpost along the border, a Jordanian army statement said. The smugglers fled back to Syria, leaving behind a large...

A Turkish landlord who broke the door of the Syrian family's house in the Bayrampaşa district in Istanbul with an axe, was released on the condition of judicial control at the Istanbul Criminal Court of Peace, where he was released, while his son was arrested and sent to prison. The door of...

Lebanon's Hezbollah militia on Friday has repositioned dozens of missiles in a desert region in the central  province of Homs, following US-led coalition's airstrikes on pro-Iran factions over the week in eastern Syria, source told Zaman al-Wasl. More than 250 missiles were re-stationed...

 Syrian rebel and opposition groups said Germany's conviction of a former Syrian intelligence officer for crimes against humanity this week was welcome but was only a step towards holding to account Bashar al-Assad and his top aides. The conviction of Anwar Raslan, who defected to...

Residents of Idlib, Syria Friday praised the conviction of a former Syrian secret police officer by a German court. 58-year old Anwar Raslan, was the highest ranking Syrian official to be convicted for life, with the possibility of parole after 15 years, for crimes against humanity....

At least two people were killed and several others wounded Thursday in three separate blasts, including a suicide bombing, in Turkish-held areas of northern Syria, a war monitor said. The suicide bomber launched an attack in the city of Afrin near a military base run by Turkey-backed...

Syrian civilians have paid a heavy price for a decade of war in which their government and parties to the conflict, such as ISIL (ISIS), have violated nearly every core human right and committed almost every atrocity. From summary executions, torture and the forcible disappearance of tens of...

 A German court has convicted a former Syrian secret police officer of crimes against humanity for overseeing the abuse of detainees at a jail near Damascus a decade ago. The verdict Thursday in the landmark trial has been keenly anticipated by Syrians who suffered abuse or lost...

The murder of Nail al-Naif, 19, is the latest episode in an alarming trend of violence against refugees in the country. Turkish police have detained eight suspects over the stabbing and killing of a young Syrian refugee in Istanbul on Monday. Nail al-Naif, 19, was sleeping in his...

The distinctive Romanesque arch of this historic bridge was once a link between the cities of Balad and Nisibin. Today it is in danger of collapse after years of neglect. The Abbasid bridge - which is known also as the Roman Bridge - was built by Mohammed al Jazri during the Abbasid...

At least 11 fighters from the Islamic State militant group – Daesh – were killed and 20 more were wounded on Thursday in Russian air raids in eastern Syria, a war monitor said Thursday. The Russian strikes hit the group's sites in the desert area of al-Sukhnah and Palmyra, east of Homs as...

 Victims of torture in Syria and human rights activists say they hope the upcoming verdict in a landmark trial will be a first step toward justice for countless Syrians who suffered abuse at the hands of President Bashar Assad’s government in the country’s long-running conflict. A court...

Cross-border humanitarian aid to northwest Syria has been extended de facto for six months without a new vote at the United Nations Security Council. The 15-member body had previously issued an authorisation for six months, allowing aid into rebel-held areas through the use of the Bab...

Iraq said Tuesday it had arrested dozens of Syrians after crossing into the country from its next-door neighbor. In a statement, the Defense Ministry said 62 Syrians were arrested in a joint operation by the Iraqi border guards and the Kurdish Peshmerga forces. The statement, however,...

 Khader al-Najjar has been unable to leave the Gaza Strip since he returned to the Palestinian territory 25 years ago, not even to seek medical treatment for a spinal ailment or to bid farewell to his mother, who died in Jordan last year. The reason: Israel refused to allow the...

In a cafe in central Berlin, Wafa Mustafa has spread a cluster of photos across a table. The 31-year-old Syrian points to her father, an opponent of the Assad regime who has been missing since he was arrested in 2013. As a German court prepares to issue the verdict on Thursday in the...

A growing number of cases are being brought in Europe, and especially Germany, against loyalists of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime on accusations of state-sponsored torture. In the latest case, a court in the German city of Koblenz is set on Thursday to rule on the case of former...