A leading Syrian comedian fainted after being slapped by a woman asked him to mediate with Bashar al-Assad authorities to get her son out of prison.   Activists have circulated via social media pages a story of a woman from Quneitra province was begging Duraid...

The rise of al Qaeda in parts of Syria's north has left  Turkey  facing a new security threat on its already vulnerable border and raised questions about its wholesale support for rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad. Turkey  has long championed more robust backing...

Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that he hoped the Syrian government's chemical weapons will be rapidly consolidated into one location, put on a ship and removed from the region.   Kerry said in an interview with National Public Radio that the...

As hundreds of thousands of Syrians flee the war in their country, others are doing everything they can to reach the battle zones. Around 150 Kazakhs said to be from the same family – including very young children, teenagers, women and men – left their country “to fulfil their duty of...