Activists northeast Syria reported that Bashar al-Assad’s forces have adopted new killing strategy by planting landmines near the main highway in Deir al-Zor. Six passengers killed and seven wounded days ago due to landmine explosion hit their bus on the...

Thousands of people from al-Hosn village run away to Lebanon from imminent death they faced by heavy shelling and systematic killing from Syrian regime and its Shabiha. They tried to enter Lebanon through Khalid Valley days ago, however, many of them they were killed, as bodies of...

Arab leaders have called for a political solution to the conflict in Syria, although the Syrian opposition had asked for "sophisticated" arms to tip the balance of power. The regional body, in its final statement issued on Wednesday after a two-day summit in Kuwait, also condemned...

Four men were found guilty on Thursday of the gang-rape of a photojournalist last year in Mumbai, an attack that sparked street protests in the city and raised fresh questions about attitudes to women in the world's largest democracy. Women's safety in  India  has been...