A mutilated and headless body found in central Istanbul was identified as a gay Syrian refugee, a local rights group confirmed. Muhammed Wisam Sankari went missing on July 23 after leaving his home in the conservative Fatih district, Turkish gay rights group Kaos Gay and Lesbian Cultural...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday that the fight against extremist groups in Syria must be stepped up because they are using poison gas on civilians. Lavrov and Kerry discussed the Syria conflict in a phone call, the Russian foreign...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian resistance factions on Friday took control of the Artillery School in the battleground province of Aleppo after fierce fighting with regime forces and allied militias, rebel group and activists said. Fatah Army, or the Conquest Army, said the attack begun with...

(The Independent)- Almost every athlete at the 2016 Olympic Games will have an interesting backstory, but Yusra Mardini's is more extraordinary than most.  Mardini is in Rio to represent a team of 10 refugee Olympic athletes. While any other 18-year-old’s biggest achievements may be...