The US government officially designated as "global terrorists" Wednesday two figures from rival jihadist groups in Syria, warning other rebel factions in the war-torn country to stay away from both men. The US Treasury added Saudi-born Abd Al-Rahman Muhammad Zafir Al-Dubaysi...

Nearly 850 prisoners have died in Syrian regime jails this year, many executed summarily or tortured to death, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday. "From the beginning of the year until May 13, 847 prisoners, including 15 below the age of 18 and six women,...

At least 12 people have been killed and 48 wounded in air strikes on the northern Syrian city of Atareb near Aleppo, local sources told Zaman Alwasl on Wednesday. Regime’s warplanes have conducted a series of airstrikes that killed at least 12...

Syrian rebels who evacuated Homs after a two-year siege and daily bombing are rediscovering the simple joy of eating well and resting. But many feel far from home and dream of return. "In the last months of the siege, all we had left to eat were the leaves off the trees," says...