Syrian authorities have arrested Suleiman al-Assad, a cousin of the president, on suspicion of killing a military officer in a road rage incident, according to the official news agency Sana. “Suleiman Hilal al-Assad has been arrested and transferred to the appropriate authorities,”...

 A pregnant 15-year-old Swedish girl is being held by the Islamic State group in Syria after running away from her foster home with her boyfriend to join Al-Qaeda, Swedish media reported Monday. The Swedish foreign ministry remained tight-lipped about the case, confirming only minimal...

Dozens of Syrians staged a rare protest in the coastal city of Latakia, bastion of President Bashar al-Assad, calling for the punishment of a member of his family they accuse of killing an army officer over a traffic dispute, monitors said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human...

The prominent free speech campaigner Mazen Darwish was released from prison in Syria Monday after more than three years behind bars, pending a verdict in his case at the end of this month, his wife and activists said. “We are not saying he is free. There is still a trial,” his wife, Yara...