European leaders should "hang their heads with shame" over their treatment of Syrian refugees fleeing the country's brutal conflict, rights group Amnesty International said on Friday. In a briefing entitled; "An international failure: The Syrian refugee crisis", the charity...

Chemical weapons have been used at least five times during the Syrian conflict and in some cases children and civilians have been slaughtered, according to a UN report released Thursday. The report cites "credible evidence" and "evidence consistent with the probable use of chemical...

Islamist rebels killed at least 15 civilians from the minority Alawite and Druze sects in the central Syrian city of Adra on Wednesday and Thursday, the pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. One other victim was a pro-government fighter, said the British-based...

Islam Army, key rebel group, denied the accusations of kidnapping the prominent activist Razan Zaitouneh from the rebel-held Douma Tuesday. Opposition Coalition member, Rima Flaihan,  in a letter submitted to the coalition members  has accused Islam Army leader...