The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution on Wednesday expressing outrage at “widespread and systematic gross violations” by Syrian authorities, the Associated Press reported.   The resolution, initiated by Saudi Arabia on behalf of dozens of states...

    Syrian Kurdish groups were holding talks in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region on Tuesday aimed at patching up differences ahead of a peace conference planned for next month, an official said. Two main Syrian Kurdish groupings -- the People's Council of Western...

The Syrian government excluded the largely rebel-held province of Deir al-Zor - where polio broke out this year - from a 2012 vaccination campaign, arguing that most residents had fled although hundreds of thousands were still there, a Reuters investigation shows. Public health...

 Syrian opposition rebels have acquiesced to the Assad army threats of committing genocide in Dumeir city, and they give back 150 corpses of forces loyal to Assad, local activists said. Gen. Jayez Mousa, Commander of Dumeir Military airbase, most Assad army powerful...