A car bomb has killed an undetermined number of soldiers and wounded at least 20 others at an army checkpoint near a military airport in Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said "There are at least 20 soldiers wounded, there are also some dead but we don't know how...

"Zaman Alwasl" reporter in Aleppo confirmed that the killer of the coffee-boy probably didn't belong to any of Islamic Brigades .   In a message to "Zaman Alwasl" from "Aleppo Media Center" said that until that moment they didn't recognize any group or faction being...

UN investigators said Tuesday said they had "reasonable grounds" to believe both sides in Syria have used chemical weapons, and warned that crimes against humanity were now occurring daily in the war-torn country. "Allegations have been received concerning the use of chemical weapons by both...

   I am on my knees, hands behind my head, on a border-crossing between Turkey and Syria. A Turkish border guard stoops over me menacingly, the nozzle of his Kalashnikov pressing against my upper thigh as he barks something in an unfamiliar language. What does he want? My...