Shiite families have raised as sincere ally for the Assad regime, where most of them were involved in fighting alongside Assad troops in the predominantly Shiite villages of Aleppo and other areas. Berri family, mainly based in Bab-Alnirab and Alsalihin neighborhoods of...

  Civil war in  Syria  has cut the wheat harvest to its worst level in nearly three decades and the government's share of the crop is being further eroded as it struggles to procure grain from rebel-held  farming  areas. Estimates collated by Reuters from more...

A senior United Nations team tasked with investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria's civil war began a mission to Damascus Wednesday, trying to hammer out with Syrian officials the terms for their investigation. It is the first such trip by international experts, and the...

Syrian regime forces killed 1,242 people including 107 children and 100 women across Syria since the beginning of Ramadan, activists said, according to  Anadolu, the Turkish News Agency. A total of 1,242 people were killed across Syria since the beginning of ...