An iconic photo of three-year-old Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi washed up dead on a Turkish beach had a greater impact on fundraising efforts for Syrian refugees than hundreds of thousands of deaths, a study has shown. The photo of Kurdi appeared in media across the world in the days after he...

The U.S. Senate on Thursday took a first concrete step toward dismantling Obamacare, voting to instruct key committees to draft legislation repealing President Barack Obama's signature health insurance program. The vote was 51-48. The resolution now goes to the House of Representatives, which...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 civilians, including 4 children,  have been killed in Russian air strikes hit the western countryside f Aleppo province, despite a fragile two-week-old truce, local reporter said Thursday. The Russian warplanes hit an apartment complex in Babka town...

(New York Times)- Now that forces supporting the Syrian government have completed the takeover of Aleppo, and Russia, Turkey and Iran have negotiated a tenuous cease-fire, it is more than likely that President Bashar al-Assad and the regime he oversees will continue to govern Syria, in one form...