The open hunger strike in Amouda, north-east Syria, turned to be a bloody scene  after an attack by gunshots of PYD,  the Kurdish militia,  killing 4 people and dozens wounded. Activists said.   '' Asayesh militia, the security forces of PYD ( democratic union...

U.N.-appointed inspectors, blocked from entering Syria, are in Turkey to gather information about possible use of chemical weapons in the civil war, officials said on Thursday. Members of the team assembled by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had been on standby in Cyprus since April,...

An explosion struck the Christian Bab Touma district in the Old City of Damascus on Thursday in what  Syria n state television said was a suicide bombing. Opposition sources said it was a mortar attack. It was the first major blast reported inside the walls of the Old City, a UNESCO...

   Domiz Camp is overcrowded – 45,000 people living in a place designed for 25,000 – so people look for other places to live.  Many refugees have moved into the cities and towns of Kurdistan, Iraq. This is where I met Ahmed, Shaheen and Hadija. Three reasons...