Syrian intelligence has freed Akram al-Bunni, t he prominent leftist writer and former political prisoner  o n Monday ,  his brother Anwar said on his Facebook page. Al Bunni   was abducted as he left a wedding reception at a central Damascus hotel on...

Another 60 boys and men who were being held by Syria’s authorities after their evacuation from besieged Homs have been released, governor Talal Barazi told AFP Monday. The detainees, aged from 15 to 55 years, were among some 1,400 people evacuated from rebel-held districts in the...

Syrian intelligence agents abducted Akram al-Bunni, a prominent leftist writer and former political prisoner, as he left a wedding reception at a central Damascus hotel on Saturday, opposition activists said. They said Bunni, who had previously spent two decades as a political...

Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie toured on Sunday areas hosting Syrian refugees in Lebanon’s Bekaa province as part of her role as a special envoy for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). But away from paparazzi, Jolie’s visit barely received any media coverage due to...