UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - France circulated a draft resolution to U.N. Security Council members on Monday that seeks to refer the three-year-old civil war in Syria to the International Criminal Court for possible prosecution of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The...

AFP- Syria's most extreme jihadist faction issued a ban Monday on mannequins in shop displays and the sale of women's underwear to male customers, a monitoring group said. The decision by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in their northern stronghold of Raqa also...

Syria's presidential election campaign, launched at the weekend, has transformed the streets of Damascus into a glorification of incumbent Bashar al-Assad, who is expected to easily win the June 3 vote. On the streets, parks and buildings of the city, barely a wall can be seen...

Syrian rebels have agreed to free 1,500 families in exchange for food and the release of jailed opponents of President Bashar al-Assad, a newspaper close to his regime said Monday. The reported agreement involves the release of families held by rebels in Adra, a flashpoint town...