The message came from an unknown sender shortly after Iskandar's daughter disappeared. She had been missing three days when it arrived, taken while en route to the airport in the capital Damascus. "We have your daughter Judy. We will tell you a time and place to bring the money," the...

Secretary of State John Kerry called on Monday for a peace conference on Syria "very soon" but said peace would not be possible without a transition government to replace President Bashar al-Assad. "We believe it is urgent to set a day, to convene the conference and work toward a new...

A car bomb killed at least 20 people on Monday in the Syrian town of Darkush in the northwestern Idlib province, near the Turkish border, a rights group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the the toll was expected to rise, as a large number of people suffered serious...

Muslims with physical and financial abilities are required to  perform hajj  once in their lifetime, but those who arrive in Saudi Arabia and then fall ill are given a hand to get to the finish line. Well-equipped ambulances with highly trained paramedics on Saturday...