Shells smashed into a central prison in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo, killing some prisoners, a rights group said Sunday, part of a long battle for control of the ancient city. The explosions killed six prisoners, said the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which...

“He is not going to fall. The entire world is on his side. Even God is on his side! I pray every day for the souls of martyrs and I read the Quran every morning, but something is wrong with my heart.” The woman is a mother of three kids and migrated with her family to Istanbul...

Two members of a German aid group who went missing in Syria are alive and well, and on their way home, the Foreign Ministry has announced. The fate of a missing third person is unknown. The Grünhelme (Green Helmets) aid organization said last weekend that three of its members were missing...

It sounded like the most far-fetched propaganda claim - a Syrian rebel commander who cut out the heart of a fallen enemy soldier, and ate it before a cheering crowd of his men. The story turned out to be true in its most important aspect - a ritual demonstration of cannibalism - though...