Reuters Photojournalist, Mulham Barakat, passed away Friday near Al Kendi Hospital in Aleppo, during his covering to the ongoing battles between rebels and forces loyal to Bashar Al Assad, Lens of Young Halabi F.B reported. Media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)...

A senior Syrian official said nobody can stop embattled President Bashar al-Assad from seeking re-election and that a government team has been formed for peace talks, in an exclusive interview Thursday with AFP. "Nobody has the right to interfere and say he must run or he should not...

  For all the attention given to the issue of chemical weapons in Syria the fact remains that the overwhelming majority of deaths and injuries - especially civilian deaths and injuries - are caused by conventional weapons. Many of them - like the barrel bombs reportedly...

  Russia on Friday blocked a US-drafted UN Security Council statement condemning the Syrian government's increasing military offensive on Aleppo, diplomats said. The move heightened diplomatic tensions ahead of a key Russia-US-UN meeting in Geneva on Friday on...