A contentious week-long first round of Syrian peace talks ended on Friday with no progress towards ending the civil war and the government delegation unable to say whether it will return for the next round in 10 days. U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi, who has tirelessly pursued a...

  Editor's note: George Newcomb is an American Photographer and a hardliner advocate for Syrian people and its revolution in the United States; he gained peerless respect within activists’ ranks. Newcomb studied political science at Howard University in Washington, DC. He...

A food convoy gained entry Thursday to Syria's besieged Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp, where dozens have died from shortages of food and medicines, the UN and Syrian state media said. UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) spokesman Chris Gunness said 600 food parcels...

  The Lebanese army has seized a vehicle at a checkpoint between the Syria-Lebanon border near the northeastern Lebanese town of Arsal. Three men of unknown nationality were arrested after it was allegedly discovered that their car was full of arms and ammunition....