The head of the United Nations on Sunday named Sigrid Kaag to lead the UN’s joint mission with the chemical weapons watchdog tasked with eliminating Syria’s arsenal, diplomats said. The UN Security Council, which is set to vote on Kaag’s nomination Wednesday, has...

Officials have said a Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteer and three of six Red Cross staffers taken hostage in Syria are free and safe. Robert Mardini, the International Committee of the Red Cross' head of operations for the Middle East, said on Twitter that the four were released "safe and...

The message came from an unknown sender shortly after Iskandar's daughter disappeared. She had been missing three days when it arrived, taken while en route to the airport in the capital Damascus. "We have your daughter Judy. We will tell you a time and place to bring the money," the...

Muslims with physical and financial abilities are required to  perform hajj  once in their lifetime, but those who arrive in Saudi Arabia and then fall ill are given a hand to get to the finish line. Well-equipped ambulances with highly trained paramedics on Saturday...