A baby is born to a Syrian refugee family every hour, the United Nations warned on Monday as it launched an appeal to aid Syrian children. Since the start of the conflict almost three years ago, more than 21,000 Syrian babies have been born as refugees in makeshift...

More than 25 Islamist fighting groups in Al Qalamoun, northeast Damascus, have founded a joint command room to lead the ongoing battles near the Lebanese border. The rebels agreed to operate under Al Nusra Front command, they said in a statement issued today....

The White House on Monday condemned recent missile and barrel bomb attacks on civilians by the Syrian government and said Damascus must respect its commitment to allow unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid. "The attacks over the weekend killed more than 300 people, many of them...