Cross-border humanitarian aid to northwest Syria has been extended de facto for six months without a new vote at the United Nations Security Council. The 15-member body had previously issued an authorisation for six months, allowing aid into rebel-held areas through the use of the Bab...

In a cafe in central Berlin, Wafa Mustafa has spread a cluster of photos across a table. The 31-year-old Syrian points to her father, an opponent of the Assad regime who has been missing since he was arrested in 2013. As a German court prepares to issue the verdict on Thursday in the...

A growing number of cases are being brought in Europe, and especially Germany, against loyalists of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime on accusations of state-sponsored torture. In the latest case, a court in the German city of Koblenz is set on Thursday to rule on the case of former...

Western nations accused Syria on Wednesday of refusing for eight years to clear up 20 outstanding issues about its undeclared research, production and possible weaponization of unknown quantities of chemical weapons. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the U.N. Security Council the...