(Reuters) - Authorities in Istanbul are working on plans to clear the streets of Syrian beggars and house them in camps like those on the border, as Turkey struggles with an influx of over a million refugees and the hospitality of locals starts to wear thin. Beggars have become...

BEIRUT (AFP)- Syrian rebels battled jihadists from the Islamic State of   Iraq   and Greater   Syria   (ISIS) near   Damascus   Monday, pressing their bid to expel them from their strongholds, an activist group said. Rebels holding positions in...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Abo Dijana, ٍٍS haria judge of the Islamic State group in Southern Damascus has been killed on Saturday, according to activists and rebel sources. Qate’a Abo Bakr al-Siddik (dubbe: Abo Dijana) was killed...

Damascus, July 19 (IANS) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Saturday appointed Najah Attar as the new vice president, media reported. Najah Attar has served as the vice president for cultural affairs since 2006 and the new presidential decree has appointed her as the sole vice...