Syrian opposition groups have reopened the northwestern border crossing of Bab al-Hawa with Turkey after a week-long closure caused by rebel infighting that blocked the main conduit for goods into Idlib province. Border officials and rebels said more than 200 trucks carrying food and...

The captain and crew of a ship chartered by an anti-immigrant group was ordered to leave Cyprus after being detained on suspicion of forging the documents of 20 Sri Lankan nationals on board, a Turkish Cypriot aid group said Thursday. The Defend Europe-chartered ship's captain and his crew...

Kurdish fighters wearing the blue eagle insignia of the Asayish security force stopped the taxi entering the Sheikh Maqsoud district in Aleppo, checking papers and searching for contraband. When they waved it on into the Kurdish-controlled district, it stayed inside the city while leaving,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Police chief in rebel-held Aleppo confirmed the start of the training of women cadres police to deal with women and methods of inspection and all that is related to women commensurate with the values and customs of society. Brigadier Adeeb al-Shalaf   told Zaman...