Inside a furniture-free caravan in the Jordanian desert, sixteen women and girls and a plump boy wedge themselves in a circle around a 15 -year-old girl and a woman doing her hair. The hairdresser combs through one-inch sections, spraying on a fixative before twisting...

Several U.S. lawmakers are expressing frustration with the continued slaughter of civilians in Syria, and some are calling for more clarity and tougher action from President Barack Obama according to 'Voice of America'.   The Chair of the House Foreign Affairs...

  About six months ago Syrian cartoonist Akram Raslan disappeared in Damascus and was reportedly being held incommunicado by Assad's regime. He had been drawing for the Al-Fida (or Fedaa) newspaper in the city of Hama when he was grabbed. Now. he is about to be put on trial....

  Human Rights watch confirmed a massacre committed by Syrian regime in Aleppo in its latest report.  ''At least 147 people whose bodies were found in the city of Aleppo’s river between January and March, 2013, were probably executed in government-controlled...