(Zaman Al Wasl)- 15 regime soldiers were buried Friday in an official funeral in the coastal city of Tartus amid state of anger and resentment by the deaths families, activists said. Mustafa al-Banyasi, Tartus-based activist, said the families of slain soldiers have accused regime official of...

Five children were among the 12 people killed after a plastic boat carrying 22 Syrians to Greece sunk off Turkey's Aegean coastal town of Kusadasi on Friday, the private Dogan news agency said. Dogan said of the 22 migrants on board, seven had been rescued while three were still being...

(BBC)- It was goalless after 90 minutes and Syria's dreams of qualifying for their first World Cup were fading fast. Then Omar Kharbin converted a bold, Panenka-style stoppage-time penalty to earn victory over Uzbekistan and make an appearance at Russia 2018 a realistic goal. Syria, in...

(New York Times)- Abu Mohammed is bored. He estimates that two years ago he earned more than $800,000 from smuggling thousands of migrants into Turkey from Greece. He rented an office in Aksaray, an area of Istanbul popular with Syrians, to serve as his headquarters. At one point, he had more...