The United States said Monday nearly 128,000 people face arbitrary detention by the Syrian regime and called for their release. "This practice is unacceptable," US Ambassador Kelly Craft told the UN Security Council at its monthly meeting on the conflict in Syria. "The Assad...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 6686 civilians have been killed since Russia intervened in the Syrian conflict in September 30, 2015, war monitor reported. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR), which monitors casualties and briefs various UN agencies, said 1928 children and 808...

Desperate to escape war and find medical care for their daughter, Jaber Karawan and his wife have spent hundreds of dollars trying to escape northwestern Syria into next-door Turkey. They have tried five times to smuggle themselves and their two children across the border in recent weeks....

The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party stressed on Saturday the importance of restoring peace and stability in Syria to maintain tranquility in Turkey.  "The channel between Ankara and Damascus is the easiest way to peace," said Kemal Kilicdaroglu, chairman of the Republican...