Opposition fighters in Syria claim to have kidnapped at least 94 women and children belonging to President Bashar al-Assad's minority Alawite sect, according to a video obtained by Al Jazeera. In the video, broadcast by Al Jazeera on Thursday, the rebels...

As the third anniversary of the Syrian uprising arrives Saturday, the last of 100,000 names of people killed in the conflict will be read aloud outside the White House. A project lasting continuously for three days, it involves over 140 people reading aloud for half-hour periods,...

Syria's civil war has ravaged the country's economy, causing damage that could take years to repair, and people have been forced to focus on finding basic necessities, like food and fuel, experts say. Gross domestic product has plunged nearly 40 percent since 2010, the year before the war began,...

Syrian war planes continued to strike Yabroud Thursday, the Qalamoun Media Center reported, as official government news agency SANA said the Syrian army had advanced from the Rima farms toward Yabroud, destroying “terrorist dens full of weapons and munitions, and killing a number of them.”...