Qatar's new emir will keep helping Syrian rebels until President Bashar al-Assad's rule ends, Syria's opposition envoy to Doha said on Wednesday, seeking to dampen speculation the rich Gulf state had scaled back its role in supporting the revolt. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has not made...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is not going to lose power unless there is foreign intervention amounting to a full-scale war, according to a leading Middle-East politician. Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari, said with a united army in control of Damascus and the major Syrian...

Rachid Wahbi came to Syria from a Spanish slum, rushing toward death. And he didn’t plan to die alone. Facing a camera hours before the end, the bearded, 33-year-old cabdriver wore a black headdress and a black flak vest and held an AK-47 rifle. He spoke in hesitant classical...

Syrian authorities are blocking access to the old city of Homs, where trapped civilians are in dire need of food and  medical supplies , the Red Cross said on Wednesday, warning of possible "tragic" consequences. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) revealed last...