Nearly 850 prisoners have died in Syrian regime jails this year, many executed summarily or tortured to death, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday. "From the beginning of the year until May 13, 847 prisoners, including 15 below the age of 18 and six women,...

Syrian rebels who evacuated Homs after a two-year siege and daily bombing are rediscovering the simple joy of eating well and resting. But many feel far from home and dream of return. "In the last months of the siege, all we had left to eat were the leaves off the trees," says...

By Aabed Mulhem; Translation by Yusra Ahmed ALEPPO (Zaman Alwasl) - Water supply has been resumed to Aleppo in both the rebels and regime’s sides after cut off for 10 days. Sources in the Sharia Authority reported to Zaman Alwasl that...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Syrian official on Wednesday welcomed the resignation of Lakhdar Brahimi as the joint United Nations-Arab League envoy for Syria, calling for the appointment of a "more objective" mediator. Fayez Sayegh, a member of parliament and a senior member of...