Civil war in  Syria  has cut the wheat harvest to its worst level in nearly three decades and the government's share of the crop is being further eroded as it struggles to procure grain from rebel-held  farming  areas. Estimates collated by Reuters from more...

   More than 100,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday as he called for a peace conference to stop the violence on both sides. "We have to bring this to an end," Ban said in remarks before meeting with U.S....

Reporters Without Borders called for the immediate and unconditional release of Polish photojournalist Marcin Suder, who was kidnapped by a dozen masked gunmen at around 11 a.m. yesterday in Saraqeb, in the northwestern province of Idlib. A freelancer who works for the  Corbis...

Local Emir of Jabhat al-Nusra, an Iraqi, was killed by clashes with regime forces, activists in the town of al-Sekhna, east Reef Homs, reported to the London-based Human Rights observatory. The Regime forces have been able to retake the town after clashes begun with al-Nusra...