A Free Syrian Army fighter smokes a cigarette as he rests in a safe house in Mork town
A Free Syrian Army fighter smokes a cigarette as he rests in a safe house in Mork town May 16, 2014. Picture taken May 16, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmad Rif (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
INTERVIEW-Syrian election candidate praises Assad's war on rebels, wants ties with West
SYRIA-CRISIS/ELECTION (INTERVIEW):INTERVIEW-Syrian election candidate praises Assad's war on rebels, wants ties with West
Iranian Slips Notes into Shourd's Solitary Cell
Americans Sarah Shourd, Joshua Fattal and Shane Bauer were arrested for crossing into Iran while hiking in 2009. Shourd spent 14 months in Iran's Evin Prison. In this excerpt from "A Sliver of Light," she recounts how another inmate temporarily relieved loneliness.
Free Syrian Army fighters fire towards what they said was a government forces helicopter dropping aid using parachutes to the forces of Syria's President Assad in the Idlib countryside
Free Syrian Army fighters fire towards what they said was a government forces helicopter dropping aid using parachutes to the forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Idlib countryside May 16, 2014. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Man walks past a damaged building in the Idlib countryside
A man walks past a damaged building in the Idlib countryside May 16, 2014. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Parachute that Free Syrian Army fighters said was carrying food and ammunition aid is pictured after being dropped by a government forces helicopter for forces loyal to Syrian President Assad in Idlib countryside
A parachute that Free Syrian Army fighters said was carrying food and ammunition aid is pictured after being dropped by a government forces helicopter for forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the Idlib countryside May 16, 2014. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TRANSPORT)
Free Syrian Army fighter holding a weapon stands in a building in the Idlib countryside
A Free Syrian Army fighter holding a weapon stands in a building in the Idlib countryside May 16, 2014. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Free Syrian Army fighters fire towards what they said was a government forces helicopter dropping aid using parachutes to the forces of Syria's President Assad in the Idlib countryside
Free Syrian Army fighters fire towards what they said was a government forces helicopter dropping aid using parachutes to the forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Idlib countryside May 16, 2014. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
A man cleans bloodstains off a wall of a shop at a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Assad in Kfar Zeita village in the central province of Hama
A man cleans bloodstains off a wall of a shop at a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Kfar Zeita village in the central province of Hama May 15, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmad Rif (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Cross-Border Convoy Moves Food Aid Into Northeast Syria As Access Constraints Intensify
AMMAN - The United Nations World Food Programme has started moving more food supplies from Turkey into northeast Syria through the Nusaybin border crossing point to assist displaced families cut off from food supplies in Al-Hassakeh governorate.