Three years ago, Syria’s hospitals were the envy of the Middle East. The average life expectancy was 75, higher than in many parts of the UK. Nine out of every 10 medicines provided by the country’s extensive network of public and private clinics were made by the country’s own...

7 media activists have been kidnapped by an armed group in Aleppo Wednesday, Syrian Revolution Commission said.  The activists were in ‘Shada Al Horriya’ satellite channel bureau when two cars likely affiliated to the State of Iraq and The Levant (ISIL) stormed...

Syria's opposition coalition said on Tuesday it would not attend international peace talks in Geneva next month if President Bashar al-Assad's forces continued a fierce air raid campaign on the northern city of Aleppo. More than 300 people had been killed in a week of air raids on...

The White House on Monday condemned recent missile and barrel bomb attacks on civilians by the Syrian government and said Damascus must respect its commitment to allow unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid. "The attacks over the weekend killed more than 300 people, many of them...