By Washington Post- The Obama administration has designated the office of the Syrian Opposition Coalition a “foreign mission” in this country, a category that gives it a symbolic boost in status but that falls well short of diplomatic recognition as a government. The...

  Reporting by Sham Mohamed; Translation by Dani Murad PARIS-Zaman Alwasl- The humanitarian tragedy in Syria continues to deteriorate at a rapid pace with more than 7 million refugees (the majority internally displaced) fleeing to neighboring countries to escape death...

(Reuters) - Turkey has started building a new wall along a fragment of its southeastern border with  Syria  as it struggles against smuggling, illegal migration and the threat from al Qaeda fighters among Syria's rebel ranks. Slabs of concrete have sprung up in...

HOSN, Syria (AP) — The Crac des Chevaliers once held off a siege by the Muslim warrior Saladin some 900 years ago, but today bears the wounds of modern warfare: heavy artillery damaged its walls, an airstrike punctured its roof and shrapnel tore through its religious artifacts....