The Syrian government and other parties on the ground have agreed to allow 20 observers to be sent to east Aleppo to monitor evacuations, the U.N. spokesman said Tuesday. The United Nations is however waiting for all sides to grant access for deliveries of humanitarian aid to Aleppo, where...

A Russian plane carrying the body of the ambassador assassinated in Turkey landed Tuesday in Moscow, where he was to be honoured in a ceremony, news agencies said. Andrei Karlov's coffin and his widow travelled back to Russia after the veteran diplomat was shot dead by a 22-year-old Turkish...

The remains of Russian envoy Andrey Karlov were sent back to Moscow from Turkey Tuesday, a day after he was shot dead by an off-duty police officer in the Turkish capital. The white, red and blue Russian flag was draped on the casket as a Russian Orthodox priest recited prayers in a ceremony...

The number of refugees from the war-battered city of Aleppo being treated in Turkish hospitals grew to 148, Turkey’s Directorate General of Press and Information announced early Tuesday. The injured, those in critical condition in particular, have been transported to hospitals in...