Syria News

Syrians fled a new round of government shelling Thursday in the area where more than 100 people were massacred last week, activists said, as the U.N. chief pleaded with the regime to stop its attacks.

Kofi Annan, the U.N.'s special envoy to Syria, has described Friday's massacre of more than 100 people as a "tipping point," but another U.N. Security Council discussion of the crisis on Wednesday looks unlikely to produce any strong action while Russia continues to oppose a unified stance against Damascus.

Judges are passing sentence on former Liberian President Charles Taylor for supporting rebels in Sierra Leone who murdered and mutilated thousands during their country's brutal civil war.

A student filmmaker who was a well-known Syrian activist was killed Monday while filming the ongoing violence in his homeland, Syracuse University said Tuesday.

The son of Malcolm X's biographer is asking Syracuse University to hand over a letter in which the slain activist writes about his shifting views on race relations.

As 14 women take part in a two-and-a-half day fly-fishing retreat in Syria, VA this week, they'll not only form meaningful bonds with each other, they'll learn to cope with the life-changing effects of breast cancer.A Casting for Recovery 's Mid-Atlantic retreat takes place Wednesday through Friday at Graves Mountain Lodge .

Two suicide car bombs ripped through the Syrian capital Thursday, killing 55 people and shaving the facade off a military intelligence building in the deadliest explosions since the country's uprising began 14 months ago, the Interior Ministry said.

Syrian forces fired on thousands of protesters Friday in Aleppo, killing a teenager, after a raid on dormitories at the city's main university killed four students and enflamed tensions in a key bastion of support for the regime.

Syrian forces stormed student dormitories during an anti-government protest at Aleppo University Thursday, firing tear gas and bullets in an hourslong siege that killed at least four students and forced the closure of the... Syrian forces stormed student dormitories during an anti-government protest at Aleppo University Thursday, firing tear gas ... (more)