Fresh fighting shook Syria's Aleppo on Sunday with a rebel attack killing at least eight children at a school, as the UN's envoy struggled to push peace efforts in Damascus. The envoy, Staffan de Mistura, met with Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem in Damascus for talks on the...

 Millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims beating their chests in mourning thronged the Iraqi city of Karbala Sunday under the protection of thousands of members of the security forces. The Arbaeen pilgrimage is one of the world's largest religious events and is seen as a major potential...

A barrel bomb killed a family of six in rebel-held eastern Aleppo early on Sunday, a war monitor, a rebel and two medics said, while rebel shelling killed seven children at a school in the government-held sector, state television reported. The medics said the al-Baytounji family had...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Syrian Civil Defense in Idlib province confirmed that school in Maaret Masreen town was bombed Sunday by regime warplanes causing scores of injuries among students. Also, regime bombed Has town in southern countryside and Idlib city center which killed many and injured...