Jennifer Holleis   Despite increased crackdowns on Syrian refugees in countries like Turkey and Lebanon, most Syrians don't want to go back  both for safety and economic reasons. When Turkish security forces detained Abdul Qader Basmaji in March this year, there...

Prominent Syrian media adviser Luna al-Shibl died on Friday following a  car crash  earlier this week, prompting conspiracy theories that her death was related to disputes involving the government of President Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian presidency announced Shibl’s death...

Beirut (Lebanon) (AFP) –  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's media adviser Luna al-Shibl died on Friday three days after being injured in a car crash, Assad's office announced. "The presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic mourns the death of the adviser Luna al-Shibl, who...

ISIS extremists killed eight people, including two civilians, in an ambush on pro-government militiamen in Syria’s Badia desert, a war monitor reported Thursday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attack occurred on Wednesday evening as the militiamen were en route to search...