Russia and China block resolution to refer Syria to International Criminal Court for possible prosecution of war crimes. Russia and China have vetoed a UN resolution to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court for possible prosecution of...

(Zaman Alwasl)- Caesar, the defector officer who was taking pictures of 11 thousand killed detainees in Bashar al-Asaad’s prisons and who smuggled a huge cache of evidence showing the "systematic killing" on January, may testify in the planned U.N. Security...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — The United Nations' refugee commission expressed gratitude Wednesday that Uruguay is preparing to provide a new home for 100 children orphaned by Syria's civil war. Senior regional UNHCR official Michelle Alfaro said there are more than 2 million...

Syrian regime army has launched a fierce assault on rebel fighters in a bid to break their year-long siege on Aleppo's central prison, a monitor, state media and activists reported Wednesday. The rebels and their allies from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front have been...