Government aircraft pounded rebel areas of Syria's second city Aleppo, which was left out of a deal to "freeze" fighting from Saturday despite international outrage over renewed violence. Shelling and air raids in Aleppo over the past week have killed more than 230 civilians and pushed a...

The situation in Aleppo is "catastrophic" after deadly overnight air strikes on a hospital in a rebel-held area of the Syrian city, and aid deliveries to millions of Syrians are in jeopardy, the United Nations said on Thursday. An aid convoy was hit by a mortar round near Homs this week while...

Writing by Ali Eid; Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman Al Wasl)- Doctors, university graduates, retired officers, thieves and criminals, volunteers, seniors over sixty and most of them past forty form the bulk of the “al-Baath Brigades” in Homs. Christians from the Homs countryside feature...

Reporting by Orawa al-Sousi; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (EQTSAD)- Dozens of problems face Syrians living in Turkey, classified under 6 files by the "Turkish-Syrian Friendship Association" to discuss them with Turkish officials at high levels, including the Minister of Syrian Refugees’...