Senior opposition figure said in statement submitted to the Coalition leadership that Syrian National Council (SNC) is still a key component in the Coalition despite the quitting claims on January 21. Marwan Hijo  al-Rifai, head of the Membership Committee and a member...

Ukraine suffered its bloodiest day since Soviet times on Thursday with a gun battle in central Kiev as President Viktor Yanukovich faced conflicting pressures from visiting European Union ministers and his Russian paymasters. Three hours of fierce fighting in Independence Square,...

Tears welled in the eyes of Alia Abdelqader, 65, as she told of her husband's reluctant return to Syria that morning  –  just a few days after the couple had escaped to Lebanon. Their daughter, a gynecologist, has been trapped in the embattled city of Yabrud with her two children....

  Seeing Syrian children selling products in Beirut’s streets has become familiar. Nirmin, a 6-year-old girl from Aleppo wonders in Beirut street selling flowers, with her under 13 years old three brothers, and her 5 years old cousin who sells tissues....