Syrian rebels from the southern province of Daraa have kidnapped a presidential hopeful whose bid was turned down by the constitutional court, according to an online video distributed Tuesday. The video shows three armed, bearded rebels wearing fatigues in a room with Mohammad...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Just as Leen Arbid entered the front gate of the Damascus Opera House, a potent symbol of the Assad family's decades-long authoritarian rule over Syria, she heard a deafening bang. And then, everything went black. The drama student was going to her...

  Reporting by Hazem Dakel; translation by Yusra Ahmed No one is safe or protected in the war-torn country, especially by the Syrian regime where all people are subject to be arrested, detained or tortured to death in the regime’s prisons, even athletes, who in theory,...

By Washington Post- The Obama administration has designated the office of the Syrian Opposition Coalition a “foreign mission” in this country, a category that gives it a symbolic boost in status but that falls well short of diplomatic recognition as a government. The...