Syrian opposition activists on Thursday accused President Bashar al-Assad’s forces of again using poison gas in rebel-held areas, saying victims had been discovered with swollen limbs and foaming at the mouth. The activists told Reuters that two shells loaded with...

  Syrian President Bashar Assad, two and a half years into a blood-soaked rebellion against his rule, mourned Nelson Mandela's death on Friday, calling his life an inspiration for freedom fighters and a lesson to tyrants. Mandela, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, died...

Suhair Atassi is a hard stone, can not be shifted, activists said after keeping her post as president of the controversial Aid Coordination Unit. ‘’As regime as opposition,’’ others said, in reference to the mentality of some opposition figures. Atassi posted...

Former South African President Nelson Mandela has died at age 95 of complications from a recurring lung infection. The anti-apartheid leader and Nobel laureate was a beloved figure around the world, a symbol of reconciliation from a country with a brutal history of racism. Mandela...