The Syrian army is edging its way towards southeastern Aleppo as it battles rebel fighters for control of the northern city, a monitor and a pro-government daily said Tuesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was a "limited advance" but the first by government troops in...

Hundreds of Syrian refugees including sexually abused children, survivors of torture and the elderly will be allowed to enter Britain, Nick Clegg has announced. The Deputy Prime Minister said that Britain has a "moral responsibility" to continue its "long and proud...

Not so long ago Noura al-Ameer was being beaten and subjected to electric shocks in a Syrian prison. Today, she sits across from the regime that put her there, hoping diplomacy can end her country's suffering. "It was as if I was seeing the faces of the killers, the bombers, the...

Two French school students who ran away to fight in Syria were back home Tuesday with some explaining to do to their bewildered parents and teachers and the police. The two boys, aged 15 and 16, flew to Turkey on January 6 with the apparent intention of crossing the border into Syria...