Nine years after tens of thousands of people were forcibly disappeared by the Syrian regime during a crackdown on peaceful protesters, family members are still waiting for answers about their loved ones. An estimated 144,889 people have been imprisoned since the start of the revolution in...

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's wife and dozens of others as it vowed a vast pressure campaign under a new law that has already rattled the war-torn nation's economy. "We anticipate many more sanctions and we will not stop until Assad...

Libya’s UN-supported government has requested United Nations assistance following the discovery of mass graves in territory recently recaptured from rival forces commanded by Khalifa Haftar, the UN said Monday. UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said the UNpolitical mission in Libya "is in...

A Paris court will deliver a verdict this week in the corruption trial of Rifaat al-Assad after a near-seven-year investigation into the provenance of the exiled uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's multimillion-dollar property fortune. French financial prosecutors accuse the...