China opposes any attempt to promote regime change in Syria and will step up cooperation with Damascus on Belt and Road Initiative projects and combating terrorism, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday. Wang made the remarks in a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as...

(DW)- By the summer of 2013, documenting human rights abuses had become taboo even in rebel-held territories in Syria. But  Razan Zaitouneh  was steadfast. The prominent human rights lawyer had just fled the capital, Damascus, due to the immense pressure placed on her work by the...

Fatima Umm Hassan, a displaced Syrian from the town of Kafruma, has four children, two girls and two sons. She lost her husband 10 years ago. She tells MEE: "My husband took my son to Maarat al-Numan to run some errands. The regime then arrested him from there. It was the second month...

 A top EU official warned Thursday that the potential closure of the only remaining border crossing through which humanitarian aid can enter parts of Syria held by anti-government insurgents would have “dramatic" consequences for millions of civilians. In an interview with The...