The Dutch police said Saturday that a former fighter in the Syrian forces, who obtained asylum in Netherlands, has disappeared over fears of being prosecuted, a Dutch daily said Saturday.   The Algemeen Dagblad said a Syrian refugee suspected of committing war crimes had suddenly...

A Syrian refugee woman threw her two children over her first-floor  house balcony in the German Bavaria state, the Bild newspaper reported.   The 8-year-old boy and the 20-month-old toddler have survived a tragic death but they suffer intense bruises and fractures.  ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — It’s a men's-only club in the tangle of auto repair shops on the traffic-clogged streets of Iran’s capital, Tehran. Among them, workers toil in dim garages, welding and wrenching, fabricating and painting. That’s until Maryam Roohani, 34, pops up from under a...

 Syria’s Supreme Constitutional Court has accepted three applications out of 51 for candidacy for this month’s presidential elections in the war-torn country, state media reported Monday. The largely symbolic election is certain to be won by President Bashar Assad, who was chosen...