As a group of rebels gathered in an apartment in Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, debating the value of the United States’ decision to provide them with weapons, government forces nearby began pounding an opposition-held neighborhood. The opposing events led the group to focus...

If the United States and allies genuinely want to change the course of the war in  Syria , it may take considerably more than simply supplying the faltering opposition with weaponry. Western officials say they still believe the ultimate endgame - and possibly the exit of Bashar...

The death toll in  Syria  reached at least 93,000 at the end of April, but the true number of victims from the violence now in its third year may be much higher, the  United Nations  human rights office said on Thursday according to Reuters. Navi Pillay, U.N....

  It's a warm day on the Turkish-Syrian border. France's recently recalled ambassador to Syria  is incognito with his deputy and a security agent. After checking the surroundings are clear, the diplomat pulls out a stash of brown envelopes stuffed with thousands of dollars....