Syrian children have suffered the "sharpest and most rapid" decline in education standards in the history of the region, UN and aid agencies said in a report published Friday. "Nearly three years of brutal conflict in Syria have reversed more than a decade of progress in children's...

Ever since the start of Syria’s proxy war, people have travelled there to help the Syrians in their fight against the Assad regime; some for humanitarian reasons, some sponsored by rogue states, and others for ideological or religious purposes. They include people from all over the...

  More than 2 million Syrians have fled their country, according to the United Nations refugee agency. With nowhere to go and often with just the clothes on their backs, many end up in refugee camps that are both overcrowded and overwhelmed. Many organizations are offering supplies,...

Saudi Arabia and Iran are among more than 30 countries invited to attend the Geneva 2 peace conference amid expectations that the Jan. 22 event would end the three-year-old Syrian tragedy that has killed more than 120,000 people and displaced millions. Saudi political analyst Jamal...