(Reuters) - An alleged spy detained in Turkey for helping three British girls cross into Syria is a Syrian national working for a country in the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State, the Turkish foreign minister said on Friday. Mevlut Cavusoglu announced on Thursday that a spy...

 Local groups outside the formal aid sector, many formed "around the kitchen table", are helping to fill gaps in the humanitarian response in  Syria , reaching communities big agencies cannot access, a leading think tank said on Friday. Small charities, activists and diaspora...

(Writing by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed)   A man from the town of Qatana in the western countryside of Damascus told stories of 7 victims died under torture in Assad’s prisons.   Abo Mohamed al-Qatanani, has recognized 7 bodies  from...

Aid agencies said on Thursday that 2014 was the worst year of the Syrian conflict so far and that three United Nations Security Council resolutions aimed at alleviating the suffering had failed. Syria's crisis started in March 2011 with protests against the government and...