(AP) — A roadside bomb in Syria killed a local al-Qaida leader and his wife, activists said Tuesday, an attack that could ignite a new round of infighting among disparate rebel groups in the country. The commander, identified as Ali al-Nuaimi of the Nusra Front, was killed near the...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Just as Leen Arbid entered the front gate of the Damascus Opera House, a potent symbol of the Assad family's decades-long authoritarian rule over Syria, she heard a deafening bang. And then, everything went black. The drama student was going to her...

  Reporting by Hazem Dakel; translation by Yusra Ahmed No one is safe or protected in the war-torn country, especially by the Syrian regime where all people are subject to be arrested, detained or tortured to death in the regime’s prisons, even athletes, who in theory,...

AFP- Syria's tourism minister has forecast a "prosperous tourist season" for the central province of Homs, despite three years of raging conflict that has flattened much of the provincial capital. In remarks carried by the state news agency SANA, Bisher Yazigi pledged help for...