Paris – At least 131,469 detainees or forcibly disappeared persons have been held by the Syrian regime since March 2011, said the Syrian Network for Human Rights on Thursday.    According to SNHR’s database at least 149,862 of the individuals, detained or forcibly disappeared at...

“A tent, all I want is a tent!” That was the humbling New Year’s wish made by Shahd, a young Syrian child, who’s spent much of her life homeless and scared due to the war that has ripped apart her country. Shahd shared her wish when a journalist from Al Jazeera asked her what she...

Five Syrian soldiers have been killed and 20 injured in a rocket attack on a military transport bus in the east of the country. Sunday’s attack took place at approximately 7pm (17:00 GMT), Syrian state media reported on Monday, adding that a military vehicle in the Badia area came under a...

 A Syrian mother and her three children died in their sleep after inhaling toxic fumes from burning coal to heat their room in a village in southern Lebanon, a rescue group said Sunday. Youssef al-Dor, an official with Resala Health Ambulance Association, said he transported the bodies...