Secretary of State John Kerry insisted on Tuesday that the U.S.-Russian agreement for  Syria  to hand over its chemical weapons must be backed by a U.N. resolution with the teeth to force compliance from President Bashar al-Assad. "That will happen only with the  United...

  Beheaded in front of children, Assad's thugs are dragged to their doom and butchered like animals in some of the most brutal scenes to emerge from Syria's civil war The sword rests briefly on his neck as a blindfolded man kneels under a clear blue sky. Moments later, the...

Deadly conflict in Syria meant that as many as 400 schools had to close their doors, depriving children of education The deadly Syrian conflict is making the maintainance of a functioning educational process in the war-torn country even more difficult, as over a million children...

Italian authorities have released a dramatic video showing the rescue of 158 Syrian refugees off the coast of Sicily, including a heavily pregnant woman who gave birth shortly after arriving, according to 'The Local' newspaper. In need of emergency treatment, the pregnant woman was taken...