Turkey said on Tuesday it had detained a “main perpetrator” of the bombings that killed 51 people near the Syrian border last month, adding that the Turkish man had been caught as he tried to flee over the frontier. Turkey has accused Syria of involvement in the twin attacks in...

The   International Criminal Court   could have its hand full if it ever investigates   Syria 's civil war - the alleged killing of hundreds of civilians by government shelling of Homs last year may well constitute a war crime or   crime against humanity . So...

 Austria has announced that it is going to withdraw its contributions to UN forces in the Occupied Golan Heights after Syrian rebels and Assad’s forces battled near a crossing point close to the border with Israel.  The Austrian forces represented around 380 out of...

The United Nations refugee agency is talking to Germany about resettling up to 10,000 Syrian refugees, UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards said on Tuesday. Edwards said UNHCR was also working with other European governments to find ways to help the 1.6 million Syrians who have fled the country, a...