Dr.   Hussein Suleiman (Abu Rayan), a commander from Ahrar Ashaam,  has been killed after he was arrested by ISIL on December, in the town of  Makanah in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, Ahrar Al Sham media center reported . Ahrar Al...

 Jordan takes over the U.N. Security Council presidency on Wednesday, the first day of its two-year stint on a 15-nation body struggling to cope with conflicts in Syria, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Mali and elsewhere. Jordan will join Chad, Chile, Lithuania and Nigeria...

Norwegian and Danish ships waiting to remove Syria's chemical weapons are returning to port in Cyprus, signalling a key deadline will not be met. Bad weather, shifting battle lines and road closures are being blamed for the delay. The international mission is waiting for Syria's...

  At least 70 journalists were killed on the job around the world in 2013, including 29 who died covering the civil war in Syria and 10 slain in Iraq, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. The dead in Syria included a number of citizen...