Behind a veil of secrecy, at least 30 journalists have been kidnapped or have disappeared in Syria — held and threatened with death by extremists or taken captive by gangs seeking ransom. The widespread seizure of journalists is unprecedented, and has been largely unreported by news...

    FIFA has ruled out any possibility that Qatar could co-host the 2022 World Cup with neighboring countries, Sepp Blatter said on Saturday. The FIFA president added that soccer’s governing body had discarded a January-February World Cup in 2022 out of respect...

Martyr Samira Kayyali, 20-year-old, has been kidnapped and killed by unknown armed group near Kafr Hamra town  in the northern Aleppo, during her trip to Turkey 40 days ago, activists reported.   Sources said that her body has been found buried in a...

  The United States sought on Friday to persuade the Syrian opposition to agree to attend international peace talks in Geneva, a day before President Bashar al-Assad's opponents gather to decide on the issue, opposition sources said.   U.S. envoy Robert...