South Africa buried Nelson Mandela on Sunday, leaving the multi-racial democracy he founded without its living inspiration and still striving for the "Rainbow Nation" ideal of shared prosperity he had dreamed of. The Nobel peace laureate, who was held in apartheid prisons for 27 years...

At least 78 people were killed and 200 others wounded in regime air raids on rebel districts of the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, the Syrian Revolution Commission said. The Aleppo Media Centre (AMC), an activist network on the ground, reported several air attacks on...

Assad warplanes struck Dumeir city, east Damascus on Sunday, killing at least 26 people, including 2 women and 11 children, in a series of strikes with explosive barrels hit Dumeir, revolution local coordination said. The strikes hit north neighborhood of the...