Some five million Syrians are now refugees in their own country, many living hand-to-mouth in vacant buildings, schools, mosques, parks and the cramped homes of relatives. Others are trapped in neighborhoods isolated by military blockades, beyond the reach of aid groups. Already...

  As Muslims around the world mark the Eid Al Adha, sharing festive meals, children trapped in besieged areas around the Syrian capital are going hungry, activists and medics say. In some areas children have died from severe malnutrition, according to one NGO, and a...

The United Nations is reportedly predicting a potential massive increase in Syrian refugees in the coming year should fighting between the government and rebels continue, increasing the number of those who have fled their homes by up to four million. Since it began in 2011, the crisis in...

Sixteen-year-old Mohammad al Zeibaa lost his entire family in the sarin gas attack east of Damascus six weeks ago, surviving the world's deadliest chemical weapons strike in a quarter century only because he was out working a hospital night shift. Mohammad's father, who rushed to the...