The state of Kocaeli, northwestern Turkey, witnessed great tension between the Syrians and the Turks on Sunday as a result of which the Turkish citizens staged an angry demonstration, calling for the expulsion of the refugees, due to the poisoning of a dog owned by a Turkish family....

The U.N. secretary general is hoping that the Security Council will vote later this month to keep a key border crossing from Turkey to Syria’s rebel-held northwest open for critical aid deliveries for a period of one year instead of six months, a U.N. official said Tuesday. Syria’s...

Pope Francis has condemned the burning of Islam’s holy book, the Quran, in Sweden. “Any book considered sacred by its authors must be respected out of respect for its believers,” the pope said in an interview with United Arab Emirates newspaper al-Ittihad, published on Monday. "I...

June witnessed a sharp increase in arrests by regime forces in the southern province of Daraa and a continuation of kidnappings and assassinations, according to the Horan Free League . In its monthly report, the League recorded the killing of 38 people in Daraa, including two women and a...