Tracey Shelton

As the US heads for strikes against Syria, the country's refugee crisis hits massive proportions.

The assassination of a high-ranking Syrian rebel commander by an Al Qaeda-linked fighter could spell trouble for the rebels trying to fight the regime of Bashar al-Assad and secure weapons from already skittish Western donors.

Lights flashed off and on across the hillside. Residents stood on balconies banging pots and pans. A crowd in the street below chanted slogans against the government of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Rights groups say there are roughly 5,000 Syrian women involved in either fighting or military logistics for the rebels. But their fight goes beyond the front line.

A Syrian hacker fights violence, hijacks the media and deploys online porn to save rebels.

Doctors in Turkey say initial tests of blood samples from victims of a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria last month are negative for sarin gas.

Despite attempts to remain neutral, Kurdish fighters have been drawn into conflict with Syrian rebels in Aleppo, Syria's largest city.

With ancient roots and an uncertain future, Christian minorities in Syria chart a way to survive the conflict and its aftermath.

All-but abandoned by husbands fighting government forces, many of Syria’s women suffer hardship and fear alone.

Amid the carnage and trauma of war, teachers fight to give children some sense of normalcy.

The Democratic Union Party is just one of many Kurdish factions exerting influence on swaths of Syria. But can they change the course of the war?

New evidence collected by Human Rights Watch suggests Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is using powerful missiles on civilians in rebel-held territory.

It’s a vital distinction that, as evidenced by US reluctance to intervene in Syria, could influence the outcome of the conflict.

“They called him a terrorist. But a terrorist kills the innocent. He came here to protect the innocent — the children, the weak, the old. The only terrorists in Syria are Bashar and his militias.”

Ayachi Abdel Rahman never imagined he would become a military leader, much less branded a terrorist.