SYRACUSE, Sicily — Fifty miles off the southeastern coast of Sicily, the refugee boat first appeared as a gray spot on the horizon, rising up or dipping away with the churn of the Mediterranean. Then, as an Italian Coast Guard rescue ship drew closer, the small boat came fully into...

Syrian activists posted online  footage  of anew chemical weapons attack Thursday, September 28 by Bashar al-Assad army on the suburb of Jobar near Damascus. ''At 4:00 a.m. this morning 8 cases of suffocation with some form of toxic gas were registered in the...

Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have recaptured a Christian town on the main highway north of the capital, the army said, putting them back on the offensive in the strategic region near the Lebanese border. Assad's forces have made advances in recent months and are...

British al-Qaeda members are using Twitter and other social media to advertise their “five star” jihad in Syria, and to keep diaries and blogs of their experiences there The rush of foreign jihadists to  Syria   from Britain, the United States, and other parts of...