(Al Jazeera) - Syrian government and opposition forces have systematically attacked healthcare professionals and facilities in the country over the past three years, a report by the US-based group, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), has alleged. The report released by the...

War and drought have crippled Syria's wheat crop, with some experts now forecasting output of the staple food could fall to around a third of pre-war levels, and possibly even below 1 million metric tons ( 1 metric ton = 1.1023 tons) for the first time in 40 years, Reuters said in an...

Allegations are mounting that chemical weapons attacks in Syria last year have caused newborns to suffer from birth defects. Syrian doctors and activists have circulated a picture of a severely deformed baby girl, reportedly named Fatima Abdulghafar, who was recently born in...

HOMS, Syria (AP) — Thousands of Syrians streamed into war-battered parts of the central city of Homs for the first time in nearly two years Saturday, checking their homes after rebels left as part of a deal allowing them to safely withdraw as pro-government forces took the city....