A total of 126 journalists and other media workers around the world have died on the job this year, with  Syria  the most dangerous place to work for the second year in a row, the International News Safety Institute said on Friday. That was 21 fewer than last year, but...

 Syrian forces are "wreaking disaster" on Aleppo, killing hundreds in air strikes on the city, Human Rights Watch said Saturday, as peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi held talks with Iran's foreign minister.    "The Syrian air force is either criminally...

The leader of the most powerful rebel group in Syria, Ahrar al-Sham, says he will not recognise any agreement reached in the Geneva peace conference planned for January. Hassan Aboud, speaking to Al Jazeera from an undisclosed location inside Syria, said the group would...

A senior Syrian official said nobody can stop embattled President Bashar al-Assad from seeking re-election and that a government team has been formed for peace talks, in an exclusive interview Thursday with AFP. "Nobody has the right to interfere and say he must run or he should not...