Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded and won his parliament's approval on Saturday to invade Ukraine, where the new government warned of war, put its troops on high alert and appealed to NATO for help. Putin's open assertion of the right to send troops to a country of 46...

Abu Mohamed al-Golani, the leader of al-Qaeda-linked group Al Nusra Front, in voice statement has mourned Syrian rebel commander, who fought alongside al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden and was close to its current chief Ayman al-Zawahiri.  Abu Khaled al-Suri,...

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...