Two Turkish Airlines pilots who were kidnapped in Lebanon in August are close to being released, Turkey's foreign minister said Friday. "Very favourable developments are under way concerning the two Turkish pilots, this matter has been largely settled," Ahmet Davutoglu said on local...

Journalists in Syria have been killed by snipers, accused of spying, and kidnapped by gunmen, and with the threats growing, many say the conflict is now too dangerous to cover. The risks have increased the challenge of reporting from the country, which was already difficult because of...

Regime forces and Syrian rebels fighting for control of a small but strategic town in the country's embattled northern province of Aleppo have killed at least 20 people, most of them civilians, activists said Friday. Meanwhile, rebels killed at least 30 Syrian soldiers, including ten who...

 More than 9.5 million Syrian citizens between refugees and IDPs,  Syrian Network for Human Rights  says Number of IDPs within Syrian territories blatantly exceeded the limits that can be controlled by relief organizations and local committees, where they...