UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) António Guterres said Wednesday that his agency needed $2.9 billion this year to support Syrian refugees and their host communities in Jordan. The announcement came during a press conference held by Guterres in Amman, during which...

(Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday Syrian opposition representatives would risk losing influence in peace efforts if they do not attend planned talks in Moscow. The refusal of prominent opposition figures to attend the Jan. 26-29 meeting, intended...

BEIRUT (The Daily Star)- Attorney General Charbel Abu Samra Wednesday issued a bench warrant against Al-Jazeera journalist Faisal Qassem after he failed to show up to two hearings in the lawsuit filed against him for criticizing the Lebanese Army, judicial sources told The Daily...

Syrian forces killed six people in an alleged airstrike in southern Daraa province’s Daraa Balad district, an opposition group said Wednesday. The General Commission of the Syrian Revolution said in a statement that forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad...