United Nations officials confirmed an outbreak of polio among children in Syria on Tuesday, lending urgency to plans for vaccination campaigns there and in nearby countries to try to halt the spread of the disease. Tests confirmed polio in 10 out of 22 children in Deir...

Syria's deputy prime minister, Qadri Jamil, was dismissed from his post, state media said on Tuesday, citing government complaints about his performance and lack of coordination with other officials, Reuters reported.    Jamil had been in Geneva recently and met U.S....

Social networks have circulated news about attacking Kaftin village of Druze majority at Jabal al-Zawiya region in Idlib province, by  Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham “ISIS” where they committed a massacre against children, women and the elderly, around 30 people were...

Rebel's Chiefs of Staff has excluded al-Qaeda affiliates from its expansion list, source said to Zaman Alwasl. The Joint Chiefs of Staff in The Free Syrian Army hold consultations meetings for few days, started yesterday  in Antakya, Turkey to discus expanding the body of...