Dr. Anas al-Akhras passed away, activists from the embattled city of Homs said. So, no need now for an immediate transfer for the prominent Human rights activist outside Homs to receive treatment after suffering from a serious disease, they added. The well-known...

  To have your passport renewed is a big trouble if you are from the opposition and you want to go to your country embassy where the embassies' employees intended to despise Syrians who are looking for services related to their residency in the host country....

Accord aims to stop the spread of guns to human-rights violators, but critics say it violates Americans' rights Secretary of State John Kerry signed the  U.N. Arms Trade Treaty  Wednesday, joining 89 other countries in support of an international solution to the proliferation...

More than a dozen key Syrian rebel groups said Wednesday that they reject the authority of the Western-backed opposition coalition, as U.N. inspectors returned to the country to continue their probe into chemical weapons attacks. In a joint statement, 13 rebel groups including a powerful...