The number of Syrian refugees in neighboring countries has passed 4 million, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Thursday, adding that the total was on course to reach 4.27 million by the end of 2015. "This is the biggest refugee population from a single conflict in a generation. It is a...

An airstrike by Syrian regime in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo killed 15 people, including 6 children, on Wednesday as helicopter gunships pounded a rebel-held neighborhood, activists said. Zaman al-Wasl local reporter said the bombing had targeted Ibad al-Rahman mosque in al-Bab...

An Israeli civilian is being held against his will by the Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israel said on Thursday. Hamas, the Palestinian enclave's dominant faction, declined to comment. Israel suspects militants in Gaza would use its citizens to bargain for the release of Palestinians...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) A document published in WikiLeaks among thousands of Saudi diplomatic files, showed that a British member in the parliament, known of his support to Israel, had visited Basher al-Assad many times and discussed the situation in Syria and Palestine. The document...