(Syria Stories)- It was no easy matter for Abeer, 31, to pursue her ambition to wear the uniform of a Syrian civil defence worker. Not only did she have to learn to handle the stress of dealing with medical trauma, but she also had to defy conservative traditions that deemed it...

Aid deliveries to thousands of Syrians stranded on their war-torn country's desert border with Jordan must pass through Syria, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said on Sunday. "They are Syrian citizens on Syrian territory. Syria must therefore assume this responsibility and not...

Israel reportedly considered bombing crematoria created by the Syrian regime to burn and conceal the bodies of murdered political prisoners, but decided against it so as not to irritate the Americans or the Russians and avoid escalation on the northern border, t he Israel Hayom daily said on...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Seven people on Saturday have been killed in the town of Khan Sheikhoun as regime warplanes step up heavy bombing on the northern Idlib and southern Hama areas, local activists said. The vacuum missile attack killed 3 men, 3 women and a child gril.   Syrian...