For all the attention given to the issue of chemical weapons in Syria the fact remains that the overwhelming majority of deaths and injuries - especially civilian deaths and injuries - are caused by conventional weapons. Many of them - like the barrel bombs reportedly...

Assad forces pounded Syrian mosque in the embattled Al Wa'er neighborhood of Homs during Friday's prayer (Muslim's weekly prayer), killing the mosque Imam and unknown number of worshipers, activists reported. Sheikh Safwan Masharekah, Al Omari Mosque’s Imam, had been killed...

Syrian warplanes pounded the northern Aleppo province for a fifth consecutive day on Thursday targeting its rebel-held villages, activists reported. At least 10 people were killed in the latest attacks, among them are four women and two children, the Syrian...