The wife of a slain Syrian political analyst and ardent supporter of President Bashar al-Assad was charged in Lebanon on Wednesday with incitement to murder, a judicial source told AFP. Siham Younis’s brother was indicted on the same charge, while her nephew was charged with the murder of...

The lawless conflict in Syria is rekindling dangers -- from disease to forms of political violence -- that have been dormant for decades, Kristalina Georgieva, the European Union's Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid, and Crisis Response, told  FP  on Monday....

  Al Qaeda-linked fighters in the rebel-held eastern Syrian city of Raqqa on Monday abducted a prominent Italian Jesuit priest who championed the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, activists said to Reuters. Members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant kidnapped ...

 Syrian rebels, Lebanese news website report Israeli Air Force activity in Baalbek area, over Quneitra, claim Hezbollah-bound weapons convoy bombed   Another Israeli strike in Syria, Arab media outlets reported Israeli Air Force activity in the Beqaa Valley in east...