Syrian rebels in the northern province of Aleppo on Monday threatened to seize two Shi'ite Muslim villages that back President Bashar al-Assad unless they surrendered to the opposition. Activists say both Nubl and Zahra villages had been reinforced by Assad's allies in the...

    Islamist rebels in Syria's northern city of Aleppo issued an order on Monday banning women from dressing in what it considered provocative styles, angering some locals who accuse the group of overstepping its powers.   The Islamic law council of Aleppo's...

 Iraqi, Jordanian, and Turkish border guards are pushing back tens of thousands of people trying to flee  Syria .  Iraq ,  Jordan , and Turkey  have either closed numerous border crossings entirely or allowed only limited numbers of Syrians to cross, leaving tens of...

  ' Maram' Organization for Relief and Development establish handcrafts center for clothing and textiles, where the Syrian woman who lives in the camp of olive trees near Atmeh on the Syrian border - Turkish, can be more actively involved in the field of weaving textiles and...